• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.141-152
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• 2014

According to proliferation of smartphones and extension of various services utilizing location information, markets of Location Based Service(LBS) have been activating all over the world. However, as the privacy violations of personal location information have been continuously increased, interests in the deregulation have been grown as well. While the regulations of location information can protect personal information and privacy, it causes some negative affect in terms of development of diverse services and industry activation. In particular, Korea is the only country that has applied strict restrictions of LBS by making location information related independent 'Location Information Protection Act'. As a result of this, the issues that LBS industry has no longer developed in Korea and it is necessary for us to relax the regulations have been consistently raised. Thus, this study confirmed that there was the negative(-) relationship between the regulations and the market activation of LBS by comparing and analyzing the correlation between the market growth rate of LBS and relevant regulations at home and abroad; the regulations are strengthened, restrictions in market entry and the business performance can occur. In other words, LBS business will be able to be activated if the regulations which have not directly related to the privacy have been relaxed.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.145-159
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• 2016

This study points out the problems of absence of the legislation for standard regulation on Video on Demand(VoD) advertisement which grows so fast lately, for this it recommends making legal references, which have the definition of non-linear broadcasting & VoD advertisement and VoD advertisement standard regulation in the merged Broadcasting Act, and adopting co-regulation system. Pay TV operators providing VoD service have the opportunities to make money as subscribers uses it increasingly. In case of linear service, the Broadcasting Act regulates the advertisement strictly, but not the VoD ads. The reason why is that Korean legislation including the Broadcasting Act does not have legal reference to regulate it, instead of that, it rely on the self-regulation system which is operated by pay-tv players who provide the VoD ads. So, there is the limitation to protect the minors such as children and youth from the harmful VoD ads, to be invulnerable for advertisers to influence to advertising agents, and to ensure the regulatory effectiveness under player-centric self-regulatory regime. In this context, this study analyses the how to regulate VoD ads standard with a three-pronged approach. First, it analyses the VoD ads regulation system in overseas countries, UK, Canada, EU and Ireland. Each country has the legal reference to regulate it in the Broadcasting Act or lower statures and adopts the co-regulatory regime the NRA and the 3rd entity operate together. Second, it reviews the objectives and scope of VoD ads standard. This study recommends that the objective of it is users protection and the scope of it is standard regulation not commercial practice. Third, this study researches how to legislate for regulation of VoD ads standard. Considering VoD service's characteristics(non-linear service) and legal position of Ads agency(i.e. pay tv operators), it suggest that legal reference will be in the integrated Broadcasting bill, which is the general law, not individual. If it is available to regulate VoD ads standard with co-regulatory regime, it expects the enhancement of user protection from the harmful VoD ads and make up sustainability of the pay-tv players' self-regulation.

• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.109-119
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• 2022

In recent years, China's Internet finance industry is hot. There is no doubt that Internet finance has been fully integrated into China, forming a new form of financing, and rapidly becoming a new channel for investment and financing in China, shouldering the responsibility of inclusive financing and building China's real economy. However, with investment, there are risks. Based on the panel data of China's Internet financial platform, this paper uses the random effect model to study the influencing factors of Internet financial risks, and draws three conclusions: (1) The user funds and platform funds of the financial platform will be managed separately by the bank, which can effectively reduce the risk of financial transactions on the Internet; (2) The risk of Internet financial transactions can be effectively reduced by avoiding the concentration of platform funds in the hands of a few borrowers through regulatory policies; (3) The liquidity control of funds effectively reduces the risk of Internet financial transactions. Based on the conclusions, we propose optimization strategies for regulatory policies to achieve the healthy and sustainable development of Internet finance.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.151-161
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• 2022

As Internet traffic surges due to global CPs, a request to share network investment costs has emerged in the industry. This has significantly changed the issue of the principle of network neutrality from accessibility to network fee. Some of the academic researchers had a negative view to network fees in the Internet space. However, in the industry, a number of disputes have occurred and some have escalated into court battles, and attention has been focused on the court's decision. The courts began to accept fee-for-service under network neutrality, and the government responded quickly by revising regulations. However, it still focuses on service stability, and there is no regulation that directly stipulates payment of network fee. In the study, changes in network neutrality were verified by analyzing cases of disputes between operators, court judgments, and improvement of regulations. And referring to the tragedy of the commons, the restoration of the correct price signal based on the principle of beneficiary pays was suggested as the most important solution. The payment of network fee by CP is one of the solutions.

• 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.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.215-226
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• 2017

This study examines the concept of public interests in pay TV industry and analyzed the regulatory framework of the industry. The concept of public interests such as diversity, localism and quality which are mainly discussed in the context of over the air broadcasting extends to universal access, fair competition and consumer protection as pay TV industry grows. However, there is a lack of concrete implementation of public interests in regulatory framework and coordination of public and industrial interests was not accomplished. Major policy that regulates the pay TV industry carries out without big picture. Policy implementation without long term plan results in hierarchical regulation model and it produced consistency problem. In the process of implementing policy in pay TV industry public interests and industrial interests discussion is mixed and sometimes it played exaggerated role.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.18 no.1 s.79
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• pp.75-84
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• 2003

최근 국내에서도 이동망 경쟁활성화를 위한 방안으로서 MVNO 규제제도를 도입해야 한다는 논의가 진행되고 있다. 이미 주요 선진국들은 이동통신망의 경쟁활성화, 유무선통합의 추진, 이동통신네트워크 여유용량 해소, 모바일 인터넷의 활성화를 위해 다소 입장의 차이는 있지만 MVNO 규제제도를 일반적으로 도입하는 추세이다. 또한, 새로운 MVNO 규제제도 하에서 다양한 신규사업자들이 이동통신시장에 진입하고 있다. 지난 2002년 10월 1일에는 영국의 유선사업자인 BT가 자회사인 MMO2를 MNO로 하여 MVNO시장에 진입하여 이동통신 이용자들을 대상으로 서비스를 개시하였다. 국내에서도 MVNO 제도가 도입될경우 BT와 같은 유선사업자들이 시장에 진입할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 따라서 본 고에서는 국내의 유선사업자들이 MVNO로서 국내 이동통신시장에 진입할 수 있는 제도적 방안을 검토하였다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.111-126
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• 2017

Korea came to see its first internet bank as 'K bank' obtained the digital-only banking license in December 2016. This paper suggests ways to foster internet banks of Korea in their early stage by analyzing the successful cases of overseas internet banks. The followings are the key success factors identified from those cases across Europe, Japan, China, and USA: Support from the related government authorities; Stable governance structure; Distinct business capabilities based on information & communications technology(ICT). These points lead to the following implications for Korean internet banks. Regulatory restrictions on owning and running internet banks should be lifted to facilitate innovation. Policies to support internet bank industry should be introduced as it is a vital part of the 4th industrial revolution. Finally, internet banks should strive to differentiate themselves by utilizing their ICT capabilities. Subjects of the further research hereafter should include the following: Analyzing the ongoing performance and developments of digital banks in Korea; Deriving success factors from the analysis; Assessing the influence and effects on financial market and economic environment.

• 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.652-657
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• 2007

인터넷의 발전으로 많은 시스템과 서비스가 변화를 거듭하고 있는 가운데, 당초 큰 기대를 모았던 인터넷전화는 저렴한 이용료 이외의 많은 장점에도 불구하고 활성화가 더디게 진행되어 왔다. 주요 원인으로 기존 통신사업자들의 입장 및 정책적인 규제 등이 지적되면서 다양한 측면에서의 활성화 방안이 논의되고 있다. 한편 기존의 통신사업자 이외에 인터넷포탈 및 방송사업자들이 시장에 새롭게 진입하면서 인터넷전화 시장은 새로운 변화를 맞이하고 있으며, 그로 인해 인터넷전화 시장은 보다 복잡한 경쟁관계를 보이고 있다. 본 연구에서는 인터넷전화 시장의 발전과정에 대한 분석을 통해 새롭게 변화하고 있는 인터넷전화 시장의 경쟁 속에서 인터넷전화 사업자들에게 전략적인 제언을 하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.23-23
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• 1998

1980년대 이후 계속된 디지털 기술의 발전과 영상처리 기술의 발전은 전통적으로 엄격히 분리 운영되어 온 통신과 방송의 융합화를 촉진하고 있으며, 기존의 미디어 질서를 근본적으로 변화시키고 있다. 이미 통신망과 방송망이 융합하여 하나의 망을 통해 방송서비스와 통신서비스를 동시 제공하는 것이 가능해지고 있으며, VOD, 인터넷방송, FM 방송전파를 통한 무선호출서비스 등 새로운 서비스가 등장하고 있다. 사업자측면에서는 통신사업자와 방송사업자가 상대영역에 진입하거나 M&A를 통해 양 분야의 서비스를 동시에 제공하는 사례가 증가되고 있다. 이에 따라 미국, 영국, 일본 등 선진국뿐만 아니라 EU 차원에서도 최근의 기술발전 추세와 산업계의 동향을 반영하여 통신사업자와 방송사업자간 상호진입 허용, 규제기구의 통합 등 기존의 규제제도를 전면적으로 재검토하고 있다. 미국의 1996년 통신법 개정, EU의 대체인프라스트럭쳐 자유화정책, 영국과 일본에서의 CATV망을 통한 통신서비스제공 허용 등이 그 대표적인 사례이다. 그러나 이러한 세계적인 흐름과 비교하여 볼 때 우리나라의 법/제도 정비 및 정책적 대응은 매우 미진한 상태이다. 현행법은 아직까지 통신망과 방송망간 융합, 사업자간 융합을 엄격히 규제하고 있으며, 서비스의 규제방식 등 통신·방송 융합시대에 대비한 규제제도 정비가 아직까지 미흡한 실정이다. 본 고에서는 통신·방송 융합의 배경과 전개과정, 국내외 융합추진 현황을 살펴보고, 통신·방송 융합 현상에 따른 규제제도상의 과제를 제시하고자 하였다.