1. Reason for enactment

As Article 50.1.5.3 of the Telecommunications Business Act has been established (revised on January 30, 2024), it is intended to establish a detailed notice on the detailed types of buildings and the range of building management entities for application of prohibited actions in order to compel the possessors and managers of condominium buildings to conclude utilization contracts with specific telecommunication business entities and to compel the occupiers to use such contracts.

2. Main contents

A. (Types of buildings subject to prohibition) Buildings, such as apartments, townhouses, multi-family houses, officetels, and knowledge industry centers, used by many people are designated as buildings subject to prohibition.

○ However, while buildings subject to the Act on Ownership and Management of Condominium Buildings have separate ownership rights, multi-family houses with 19 or fewer households are classified as single-family houses*, which are excluded from the subjects (for prohibition) because the property rights of a building’s owner may be limited.

＊Single-family houses in Appendix 1 of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act include multiple houses, multi-family houses, and official residences.

B. (Exemption from application) Temporarily used accommodation, dormitories operated by companies or organizations, and buildings that only provide group contract services from specific telecommunications carriers due to unavoidable reasons such as technical reasons are exempted from application.

C. (Building management entities) Owners of the relevant buildings, management entities under the Multi-Family Housing Management Act, and management groups under the Act on the Ownership and Management of Condominium Buildings; and business operators, organizations, individuals, etc. who are entrusted with building management work, or to whom such work is delegated, are classified as building management entities.