As part of its efforts to activate the Internet telephone market, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) has decided to introduce the 070 Internet telephone for the first time among government agencies. The ministry's decision is expected to bring about am epoch-making turning point for the Internet telephony market in Korea, which has been in a hiatus. MIC will soon map out a detailed plan to adopt the 070 services within the ministry and get a final approval from the minister in September. It plans to expand the 070 Internet telephony service to its affiliates and relevant organizations. As it is difficult to change all telephone numbers of the ministry at once, owing to the inconvenience it would cause to citizens, MIC is considering using the 070 numbers while maintaining the present telephone numbers. Analysts expected MIC's introduction of the 070 Internet telephony service to play a decisive role in activating the Internet telephone market.