Apple submits plans to allow alternative payment systems in S.Korea - regulator


FILE PHOTO An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City July 21 2015. REUTERSMike Segar

FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's telecommunications regulator said on Tuesday Apple Inc had submitted plans to allow third-party payment systems on its App Store to comply with a law banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payments systems.

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) had requested Apple and Alphabet's Google to submit compliance plans after the bill was passed in August last year and went into effect in September.

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