• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.27
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• pp.213-245
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• 2004

As we know, broadcasting implies a unilateral transmission by one sender to several recipients of information generally produced by third parties. Contrary to that, telecommunications implies an exchange between participants. Participants exchange information they produce during an interaction. However, in the age of convergence between telecommunication and broadcasting, it becomes difficult to determine exactly the boundary between services classified under telecommunications and those classified under broadcasting services. This means that new regulatory regime should be introduced to meet the convergence between telecommunication and broadcasting. In this article, we try to overcome the existing framework for understanding and regulating convergent services. In order to develop more powerful and useful framework for dealing with new convergent services, we focus on the original characteristic of "cast services," which could give us very significant basis for further discussion. "Cast services," such as traditional broadcasting services, have the characteristics of both public goods (non-exclusivity and non-rivalry in consumption) and non-interactivity. Depending on the existence of these three characteristics, we are able to apply different regulatory regime to those convergent services.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.3-16
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• 2011

천리안 위성은 4개 정부 부처 공동 사업으로, 통신 서비스, 해양 기상 관측 서비스 제공을 목적으로 개발된 복합 위성으로, 그중 통신 서비스를 담당하는 통신 탑재체는 방송통신위원회 출연으로 한국전자통신연구원(ETRI)가 주관, 개발하여 성공한 순수 국산 개발품으로, 위성 발사 성공 후 시험 검증을 거쳐 현재 정상 운용 중에 있다. 우주 인증 획득을 목적으로 개발한 통신 탑재체는 위성 스위칭 중계기와 다중 빔 안테나로 구성되었으며, 구성 부품들인 능동 부품과 수동 부품들은 대부분 국내 연구진에 의해 설계, 제작 시험 검증되어 중계기 및 안테나 시스템 종합화, 통신 탑재체 및 위성체 우주 환경 시험을 성공적으로 수행되었다. 위성 발사 성공 후에, 정지 궤도상에서의 통신 탑재체 궤도내 시험을 완료를 통해 순수국산 개발된 통신 탑재체의 설계 제작 기술에 대한 정지 궤도 우주환경에서도 정상 동작됨을 입증하였다. 통신 탑재체는 다양한 우주 조건에서의 다양한 기술 확보와 차세대 멀티미디어 위성 서비스 개발에 활용하고자 한다. 본 논문은 통해기 통신 탑재체 설계 제작 시험 기술을 소개하고, 활용 계획에 대해 언급하고자 한다.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.78
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• pp.35-78
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• 2016

This study pays attention to the assumption that the governance including the appointment of CEO is a key factor in the internal colonialism of local broadcasting. To evaluate the tendencies, it collects and analyzes the profile of CEOs, directors, and shareholders of the 17 regional affiliates of MBC and 9 local commercial broadcasting companies between the early and mid-1990s and 2015. It also discusses the local broadcasting personnel and its operations. By doing so, the study attempts to reveal how the internal colonialism of local broadcasting works. It finds out that the governance of regional broadcasters of MBC is controlled by the head office located in Seoul. At the same time, the governance of local commercial broadcasters is encroached by the tyrannical practices of major shareholders caused by the non-separation of ownership and management. These kinds of abnormal management of governance tend to constrain the investment on personnel and production. Finally, this study suggests some desirable directions of governance focusing on the appointment of CEO in terms of both legislative system and self-regulation. They include establishing a new proviso for programming protocols in local broadcasting, introducing a CEO & non-executive director nomination committee, and so forth.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.137-144
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• 2017

A variety of customized marketing strategies are being implemented in the telecommunications market, including the offering of gifts to consumers, as competition in the market is being restructured with the focus on bundled products. However, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has recently imposed fines for user discrimination on telecommunication carriers whose marketing strategies have included the award of excessive prizes. In that regard, various issues related to the suitability and appropriate limit of the current gift regulation in the telecommunications market have been raised. Since the Fair Trade Commission, which had a similar scheme to that of the KCC, abolished the regulation on gifts in July 2016, disputes have arisen as to whether the current regulation on gifts is practically effective from the perspective of consumer benefit. In other words, discussions on the rationality of the theoretical and empirical grounds for the regulation on gifts only in the telecommunication market but not in other commodities markets have begun. As such, this study aims to empirically analyze the suitability of the current regulation on gifts in the domestic telecommunications market under the new competitive environment centered on bundled products, and to seek the rational improvement of, and infer the implications for, the regulation on gifts in the telecommunications market based on the results of the analysis.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.209-216
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• 2011

For Effective and systematic response to disasters, needs of broadband multimedia services in wireless communication of PPDR(public protection and disaster relief) is increasing gradually. Recently in Korea, by the digital television transition, Korea Communications Commission is considering whether the freed spectrum can assign additional spectrum of PPDR or not. In this paper, we were defined the input parameters, were estimated the spectrum of requirements for Korean wireless communication of PPDR based on M.1390 methodology recommended by ITU-R.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.138-149
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• 2015

With UHD broadcasting commercialization accelerating, It is urgent that government has to support a necessary policy and a flexible development of culture content to effectively spread UHD TV. On May 5, 2010, Korea Communications Commission already promised to introduce UHD broadcasting system to invigorate a local broadcasting and communication market while KCC announced top-ten future services of broadcasting and communication. To its disappointment, the market has not got a great result yet. Above all, government, companies and consumers have to exchange and meditate opinions constantly to find desirable solutions. This study aims at searching for more effective and versatile application to expand UHD TV and evaluate consumer's feedback. Based on the objective data on the current situation of the world wide UHD TV distribution and specific methods for solving challengeable issues, the research will find out more active approach to inducing government support and motivating content makers. Hopefully, the study result will make a helpful suggestion for government, company and UHD content makers.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.27-36
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• 2012

This study aims to find out the effectiveness of regulation of promotional gifts and exemption of charges by analyzing the judgement criterion of illegality and the corrective action taken by regulatory agencies and suggests effective way of regulation. The results show that recently the differences of price-cut is getting bigger. In addition, Fair Trade Commission has considered discounts as unfair predatory price only if price is below the cost. But in the telecommunication business law enacted by Korea Communications Commission, 'expected profits per subscriber' has been applied as a key criterion. KCC's criterion is based not on the expected profit of individual service provider but on the averaged profit of services providers. It doesn't consider differences of service quality and the cost structure between dominant firm and late comers. Prohibition act of user discrimination result in the increase of subscriber and operating profits of late comers but this is not direct purpose of regulation. It can be desirable in the aspect of fair competition but since it may reduce consumer welfare, the criterion needs to be reconsidered.

• Journal of Korean Electronics
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.17-19
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• 2009

6월 12일 미국 1700여개 방송사의 아날로그 방송 신호가 전부 중단됐다. 대신 종전보다 선명한 TV 화면을 제공하는 디지털 신호가 미 전역으로 송출됐다. 일단 디지털TV 전환은 순조롭게 진행됐다. 미국 연방통신위원회(FCC)의 마이클 콥스 위원장 대행은 "DTV 전환이라는 '역사적인 이벤트'를 통해 고품질 프로그램 시청은 물론이고 다양한 무선통신 서비스까지 이용할 수 있게 됐다"며 "일부 전환 준비를 하지 못한 가구들에도 최선의 지원에 나설 것"이라고 밝혔다.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.46
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• pp.627-670
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• 2009

This study analyzed Korean Fair Trade Commission's judgemental cases of cartels in telecommunications and media industry and presented the following results. First, cartels were formed frequently in multi-channel broadcasting industry, telecommunications industry, movie industry, and newspaper industry. In addition, price-fixing were observed in almost all subfield of telecommunications and media industry. Second, administrative guidance facilitated more opportunities for collusion in the telecommunications industry than in the media industry. Third, the telecommunications and media industry, similar to overall domestic industries, had a high proportion of hard-core cartels. Fourth, the depth of judgemental case in evaluating agreements among competitors was generally low, even though detail evaluations were found in the cases of large fines. Fifth, the overall level of sanctions was relatively low.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.20-23
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• 2013

방송통신위원회는 2011년부터 개인정보보호 관리체계(PIMS)를 시행하고, 심사를 통해 신청기업이 개인정보보호를 위해 일정수준 이상의 관리적 기술적 물리적 대책을 수립 및 운영하고 있을 경우 인증을 부여하고 있다. 이에 따라 이용자 및 정보주체는 해당 기관의 인증취득 여부를 통해 개인정보의 누출가능성을 최소화하고 효과적으로 보호하고 있음을 갈음하는 수단이 되고 있다. 본고에서는 개정 정보통신망법에 따라 지난 9월11일 방통위 의결을 통과한 개정 PIMS 고시에서의 주요하게 변화된 내용 중 민간인증기관 지정, 인증심사 항목의 개선에 대해 살펴보고, PIMS 인증을 준비 중인 기업의 이해를 돕고자 한다.