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Telecommunications & Media

Telecom bills remain high despite mobile subsidy law repeal as OTT, AI subscriptions add costs

Criticism is growing that mobile phone purchase costs have eased somewhat since South Korea repealed its handset distribution law, but telecom bills have not fallen. Data cited by a lawmaker show spending on communications equipment by the lowest-income households dropped sharply, while spending on telecom services edged up. Lawmakers also flagged rising fixed costs from paid OTT and AI subscriptions. The government is reviewing measures that reflect those fees, but details remain unclear.

AI & Enterprise

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5, raising speed 30 percent and cutting costs 40 percent

Anthropic on Sept. 22 unveiled its new AI model Claude Opus 5.5. The company said it delivers performance similar to the higher-tier Claude Fable 5.1 on many tasks while cutting typical workload costs by 40 percent versus Claude Opus 5 and boosting output speed by more than 30 percent. The model is available across Claude subscriptions and via the Claude API and major cloud platforms. Anthropic also detailed pricing, developer settings, benchmarks, early use cases and safety assessments.

AI & Enterprise

Paying $200 a month for $14,000 in use adds pressure on AI profitability

OpenAI and Anthropic’s roughly $200-a-month premium AI subscriptions can deliver API usage value worth thousands of dollars when converted by actual consumption, an analysis found. SemiAnalysis bought the plans and ran long coding tasks, estimating about $8,000 in API use for Anthropic and about $14,000 for OpenAI. Heavy token use by coding agents could increase costs for providers even as revenues grow, raising questions about sustainability.