Internet Corea

Internet Corea

Dae Young KIM, CNUThomas Byeong-Nam YOON, KKU

HyunJe PARK, MKE

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Short History ofCorean ICT

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'80's

● TDX– Before: S iemens M10, Bell Telephone (Belgium)

● DRAM– Samsung, LG, Hyundai, ...

● ISDN

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'90's

● BISDN/ATM● Mobile/CDMA

– Qualcomm– ETRI, KT, MIC, Samsung/LG/Hyundai/Daewoo

● Broadband Internet– DSL: Thrunet/Hanaro/KT/DearmLine– Cable: Thrunet/Hanaro/Onse/Dacom/SKT/DrmLn

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2000's

● WiBro(Mobile WiMAX)● LTE● NGN● Smart phones

– Samsung, LG● Gigabit Ethernet● PON

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Now and Beyond

● Internet speed to the home– Now: 100Mbps– Beyond 2015: 1 Gbps

● Future Internet● SMART: work, home, grid, ...

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Optical Internet

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Milestone

● 6/1 Mbps– ADSL

● 20Mbps up– FTTC/PON

● 1Gbps up– FTTH/PON

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Japan vs Corea

● Corea– ISDN > DSL > FFTC > FTTH

● Japan– ISDN > (DSL) > FTTC > FTTH

● Result– JP: Stronger in fiber infrastructure– KR: Catching up

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Fiber Owners

● Energy– KEPCO, power plants, ...– PowerCom

● Transportation– Trains, Subways, Highways, …

● Municipals, Water(KOWACO), …

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Why the CoreanBroadband Internet?

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Fair Competition

● Deregulation since late 90's● Fair to Insane competition

– Thrunet/Hanaro: the champion– KT: lazy/slow dinosaur

● Multiple competitors at each household (now)– KT, SKT, LG, PowerCom, Cables, independents– At least three and up

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Geographical

● Small land– 70% mountains

● Very densely populated– Mostly in big cities

● Housings– Apartments: dominant

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PPP

● Ministries: PTT > MIC > KCC/MKE● ETRI: research institute● ISPs: KT, SKT, …● Industries: Samsung, LG, …● Users/People

– Most are greedy, short-tempered, early adopters– Spoiled children– Quicker, Faster, Luxurious, … all non-decency...?

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Thanks

● Thomas ByeongNam Yoon <[email protected]>

– ETRI, NIA, Chile/Turkey, KKU● HyunJe Park <[email protected]>

– KAIST, Thrunet, MKE● DaeYoung Kim <[email protected]>

– CNU● All through the last 30 years of KR ICT