The Korea Communications Commission decided to disclose the status of spam reports related to the bulk messaging service by each provider, such as message relay and resale companies, every month and announced that this was first disclosed through the 'Illegal Spam Response Center website' on the 27th.
According to the KCC on that day, the company with the highest proportion of spam reports among bulk messaging providers was Standard Networks (63.1%, 2,478,772 cases). KT recorded second place with 8.4% (329,101 cases), and Gemtech came in third with 8.1% (316,724 cases). LG Uplus was in seventh place with a share of 2% (78,295 cases), while SK Broadband was eighth with 1.3% (50,092 cases). In terms of spam report statistics by message resale companies, KT was in 23rd place with a share of 1% (38,308 cases), while LG Uplus was 34th with 0.6% (22,035 cases).
Message resellers are special additional telecommunications service providers registered under the 'Telecommunications Business Act', and currently, about 1,163 are registered (as of Jan. 2025). The KCC will disclose detailed spam report statistics for the top 50 message resale companies with the highest spam reporting volume.
The disclosure of spam report numbers is part of the government's comprehensive measures to prevent illegal spam announced in November of last year to encourage the reduction of illegal spam. The KCC aims to strengthen the responsibilities of bulk messaging providers to prevent illegal spam and promote active reduction of illegal spam by advancing from previously announcing 'Spam Distribution Status' twice a year since 2002 to disclosing the status of spam reports related to bulk messaging services every month by provider.
Starting this month, the KCC will not only disclose the spam report status by message relay companies transmitting bulk messages to mobile carriers but also the spam report statistics by message resale companies providing bulk messaging services to general users.
For the top spam reporting providers, on-site inspections will be conducted to investigate any violations of the 'Telecommunications Business Act', and corrective measures and fines will be imposed on message providers found to have violated regulations.
Additionally, measures will be taken in cooperation with mobile carriers and message relay companies to stop message sending, cancel certifications, and reduce the message sending speed according to the certification system for bulk message senders.
Shin Young-kyu, director of the Korea Communications Commission’s user policy bureau, noted, "This disclosure is intended to encourage operators to take responsibility and actively respond." He emphasized that the self-purification efforts of message providers are crucial to reducing illegal spam.