The current status and future plan : Broadband Internet Service in Korea Kwanho Song Korea Network Information Center [email protected].

The current status and future plan : Broadband Internet Service in Korea

Kwanho Song

Korea Network Information Center

[email protected]

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Contents

I. Status of Broadband Internet Service in Korea

1. Overview

2. Certification System on Cyber-village

3. Establishment Status Information Superhighway

II. Market Analysis on Broadband Internet service

III. Future Plan

1. Government Activities

2. R&D Activities

3. IPv6 Activities

IV. Conclusion

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I. Status of Broadband Internet Service in Korea

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1. Overview

The rapid growth of Broadband internet service

Political Environment

Well-developed information Infrastructure

Low-cost result from excessive competition

in ISPs

Internet Boom with broadband

access

Many densely populated area

ISP side ISP side

Government side

Geographical side Users side

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1. Overview (cont’)

High-Speed Internet Access Subscribers : 5,882,785

< High-Speed Internet Access Subscribers by service>

9,688Satellite

21,439867B-WLL

5,882,785161,421119,03254,061175,3941,010,6951,484,5862,877,596Total

719,30410,23664,176 194,871 450,021LAN

3,269,815 107,325363 745,1072,417,020ADSL

1,861,672151,18554,85654,06168,0691,010,332523,169 Cable

Modem

TotalOnseDacomSKTDream

-lineThrunetHanaroKT

Source : May 2001, KRNIC

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Mobile Internet Subscribers : 20,178,000

1. Overview (cont’)

36.6%

---

28.9%

17.9%

16.6%

2,899

---

2,298

1,418

1,311

26.7%

8.3%

29.9%

13.3%

21.8%

3,267

1,008

3,672

1,629

2,676

SK Telecom

Shinsegi Tel.

KT Freetel

KT M.Com

LG Telecom

100%7,926100%12,252Total

ISMSWAP/ME

(Unit: 1,000 subscribers)

Source : May 2001. KRNIC

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Korea

U.S. 11.1 57.3

Hong Kong 8.1

Singapore 7.1

Taiwan 6.2

France 6.0

Denmark 5.8

Germany 5.0

Spain 3.1

U.K. 3.1

0.4 0 10 20 30 40 50 60

China

Households in Korea : 14,318,000 ( Nov. 1, 2000)- Average for the last 3months: Dec./Jan./Feb.

1. Overview (cont’)

April 2, 2001. netvalue.com Households with Broadband Access(%)

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1. Overview (cont’)

Indicators of Internet Penetration and Usage

22,230,00019,040,00010,860,0003,103,000Internet Users

92835425ISPs

21,412,35218,921,9847,256,0645,027,840IP Addresses

454,799517,354207,02326,166.kr Domains

2001. 6.200019991998

Source: KRNIC

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2. Certification system on cyber-village

Definition o Certify Information Superhighway Building with compound Information

facility

Purpose o To support Information Super highway Service

o To promote the rapid growth of compound Information facility

o To activate Information Superhighway

Target Buildingso Apartments and a housing complex

o Buildings over six-storied or over a space of 3,300m2

Certification Categoryo 1st class, 2nd class, 3rd class, and quasi-3rd class

o The classes are decided by Government

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3. Construction Status of Information Superhighway

1st Stage (1995~1997)

o Optical Network at Urban Centers in ’80

o ATM Testbed Exchange Network

2nd Stage (1998~2000)

o Nationwide Service of ATM Network (July, 2000)

o Nationwide Optical Network (Dec., 2000; 155 Mbps ~ 5 Gbps)

3rd Stage (2001~2005)o Upgrade Nationwide Service of ATM Network (622Mbps ~ 40Gbps)

o Introduce MPLS to ATM Exchange Network

The goal of propulsion ( 2001~2005 ) (Unit: 1,000 subscribers)

Category 2000 2001 2003 2005

HomeAverage of speed 1.88Mbps 2.38Mbps 7.7Mbps 20Mbps

Penetration(Household) 400 646 1,057 1,350

MobileMaximum speed 64Kbps 144Kbps 2Mbps 2Mbps

Penetration(subscribers) 2,680 2,769 2,982 3,085

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II. Market Analysis

on Broadband Internet Service

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II. Market Analysis on Broadband Internet Service(1)

Worldwide Installed Lines by the end of 2000

Country Total

(%)

DSL

Coverage (%)

Cable Modem

Coverage (%)

DSL Charge(US $)

InstallationMonthly

Rate

1 Korea 9.20 5.88 3.32 28.53 38.04

2 Canada 3.91 1.29 2.62 0 32.71

3 U.S 2.25 0.89 1.36 0 49.95

4 Austria 1.70 0.48 1.22 6.75 54.52

5 Netherlands 1.68 0.09 1.58 232.71 63.05

6 Belgium 1.42 0.42 1.00 0 61.30

7 Sweden 1.21 0.45 0.62 153.19 26.41

8 Denmark 1.05 0.49 0.56 125.13 62.75

Source : 2001 May. OECD

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II. Market Analysis on Broadband Internet Service(2)

Success Factors

o High-quality infrastructure

o Many densely populated areas

o Low-cost IP telephony

Problem

o Low-cost resulted from excessive competition in ISPs

o Duplicated investment (line, equipment, etc.)

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III. The future plan

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1. Government Activities(1)

Infrastructure sideo Construction of Information Superhighway

Legal Side

o Certification system on cyber-village

o IPv6

Knowledge-base side

o National GRID project

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1. Activities Government(2)

National GRID Project

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2. Internet R&D Sites

Internet R&D sites in Korea

“Next Generation Internet” Joint Project (1999 --)

Internet Industry AssociationBusinessKISAInformation

Protection

KTNetworkKISDI Policy · Strategy

KISTIContents · DBETRIR&D

KRNIC

Organization

AddressNCAApplication Service

CategoryOrganizationCategory

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3. IPv6 Activities (1)

Project Activities

IPv6 Deployment Policy • Government Strategies

KRv6 Project • IPv6 Research & Development• IPv4/IPv6 Translator, BIA, etc.

6Bone-KR• Experimental IPv6 Testbed• 2 pTLAs

IPv6 Address Allocation• 8 /35 prefix sTLA allocations• KRNIC, ETRI, KOREN, etc.

IPv6 Commercial Network• 6NGIX: IPv6 Next Generation Internet eXchange• KT, KOREN, KOSINET6, etc.

IPv6 Forum Korea• National Forum since 2000 for the promotion of IPv6• 61 regular organizational members

Trans-Eurasia Project• Korea-EU IPv6 Network• Partnership with 6WINIT

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3. IPv6 Activities (2)

6Bone-KR Topology

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IV. Conclusion

Becoming one of the 5 Big Information Power

(Strengthening the national competitive potential)

Foundation of Information-oriented society

Establish the Information Super highway

Globalize Operating System

Campaign for computer education

Set-up new related law

Create new business and

Promote information &

communication business

Increase productivity based on Information Infrastructure

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Thank you.