공정위는 1위 통신사업자인 SK텔레콤과 3위 LG유플러스의 시장 지배력 차이 등도 2016년과 심사 결과가 다른 배경의 하나로 꼽았다.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission pointed out that the difference such as in-market dominance between SK Telecom, the No. 1 telecommunications operator, and LG U+, the No. 3, was also one of the backgrounds for which the results of the review were different from 2016.