1. Reason for Revision

As the Telecommunications Business Act (Law No. 19545; promulgated on July 18, 2023; enforced on July 19, 2024) has been revised in order to prevent an increase of disasters and damages to human life and property by making it mandatory to connect internal portable communication equipment with the emergency power terminals of buildings for normal operation during disasters, the revision is intended to determine the matters, such as the scope of buildings requiring connection between internal portable communication equipment with emergency power terminals, as delegated by the law and the matters necessary to implement them.

2. Main Contents

A. Exemption from obligation to install reserve power equipment for connection with emergency power terminals (Revision of Article 10 (2) of the draft)

The revision stipulates that, when connecting in-house mobile communication equipment to the emergency power terminal of a newly constructed multi-use building in accordance with Article 10.3, the basic telecommunications service provider shall not install a separate standby power facility.

B. Definition of emergency power terminals (Newly establishment of Article 10 (3) of the draft)

The revision defines emergency power terminals under Article 69-2.2 of the Telecommunications Business Act as electric connection equipment that automatically receives electric power from standby power equipment such as power generators, etc. in the event of a power outage of the commercial power supply.

C. Range of buildings requiring connection of internal portable communication equipment with emergency power terminals (Newly establishment of Article 17-2 (4) of the Draft)

The revision defines buildings requiring connection between on-site mobile communication facilities and emergency power terminals as multi-use buildings (excluding buildings constructed in housing complexes) as provided under Subparagraph 17 of Article 2 of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act.