[종합] ‘A contract slave is an old word Three mobile carriers’ignite’ online 5G rate competition

[아이뉴스24 송혜리 기자] The three mobile telecommunication companies are keen to attract online subscribers.

As the three mobile carriers removed various combined benefits and agreements and launched various online-only plans, which are up to 30% lower than the existing plan, they have entered a full-fledged competition for 5G subscribers.

On the 27th, LG U+ announced that it has added two mid- to low-priced plans to the online-only 5G direct plan.

‘5G Direct Plan’ is an online-only plan that can be subscribed to at’U+Shop’, an online shopping mall of LG Uplus. There is no combination or contract, but the price is reduced by more than 30% compared to the previous one. In June of last year, it launched ‘5G Direct 65’, which provides unlimited data for 65,000 won per month, so it has a number of lineups.

Two new plans for ‘5G Direct’ released on this day are ▲ ‘5G Direct 51’, which provides 150GB for 51,000 won per month, and ‘5G Direct 37.5’, which provides 12GB for 37,000 won per month.

In particular, the ‘5G Direct 37.5’ plan is the lowest among the 3 mobile 5G plans, and LG Uplus explains that 12GB, which is 33% more than other similar plans, can be used without a contract.

Prior to this, SK Telecom released 3 types of 5G’Untact Plan’, an online-only plan that converts 25% of optional contracts and 5% of incidental costs incurred during offline sales into rate plan discounts.

Three 5G plans are ▲ ‘5G Untact 62’ that provides complete unlimited data for 62,000 won per month ▲ ‘5G Untact 52’ that provides 200 GB for 52,000 won per month ▲ 9 GB for 38,000 won per month Such as ‘5G Untact 38’.

‘Untact Plan’ is an online-only plan and can be subscribed to when new (including number transfer) or device change through’T Direct Shop’, SK Telecom’s official online sales channel. It is also possible when the OMD terminal and SIM can be opened alone. However, you cannot sign up for simple rate change and used-and-use (OEM) terminals.

SK Telecom explained, “It is also meaningful to reinforce customers’ choice of mobile communication service fees in consideration of the social trend that emphasizes the importance of single family and non-face-to-face channels.”

On the other hand, in May of last year, KT introduced’KT Direct’, which provides online-only discounts at the official online mall’KT Shop’. Unlike its competitors, it has not launched a 5G mid-to-low-end online-only plan, but it is determined to watch the market situation.

‘KT Direct’ is a 5G·LTE-free plan that can only be subscribed to online. You can sign up for new registration or number transfer. Of these, 5G Direct provides unlimited data for 67,000 won per month.