1. The current status and future plan : Broadband Internet Service in Korea Kwanho Song Korea Network Information Center Song@kwanho.pe.kr

2. 2 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

3. 3 I. Status of Broadband Internet Service in Korea

4. 4 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 Government side Geographical sideUsers side

5. 5 1. Overview (cont ’ )  High-Speed Internet Access Subscribers : 5,882,785 9,688Satellite 21,439867B-WLL 5,882,785161,421119,03254,061175,3941,010,6951,484,5862,877,596Total 719,30410,23664,176 194,871450,021LAN 3,269,815 107,325363745,1072,417,020ADSL 1,861,672151,18554,85654,06168,0691,010,332523,169 Cable Modem TotalOnseDacomSKT Dream -line ThrunetHanaroKT Source : May 2001, KRNIC

6. 6  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

7. 7 Korea U.S. 11.157.3 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(%)

8. 8 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

9. 9 2. Certification system on cyber-village  Definition oCertify Information Superhighway Building with compound Information facility  Purpose oTo support Information Super highway Service oTo promote the rapid growth of compound Information facility oTo activate Information Superhighway  Target Buildings oApartments and a housing complex oBuildings over six-storied or over a space of 3,300m 2  Certification Category o1st class, 2nd class, 3rd class, and quasi-3rd class oThe classes are decided by Government

10. 10 3. Construction Status of Information Superhighway  1 st Stage (1995~1997) oOptical Network at Urban Centers in ’80 oATM Testbed Exchange Network  2 nd Stage (1998~2000) oNationwide Service of ATM Network (July, 2000) oNationwide Optical Network (Dec., 2000; 155 Mbps ~ 5 Gbps)  3 rd Stage (2001~2005) oUpgrade Nationwide Service of ATM Network (622Mbps ~ 40Gbps) oIntroduce MPLS to ATM Exchange Network The goal of propulsion ( 2001~2005 ) (Unit: 1,000 subscribers) Category2000200120032005 Home Average of speed1.88Mbps2.38Mbps7.7Mbps20Mbps Penetration(Household)4006461,0571,350 Mobile Maximum speed64Kbps144Kbps2Mbps Penetration(subscribers)2,6802,7692,9823,085

11. 11 II. Market Analysis on Broadband Internet Service

12. 12 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 $) Installation Monthly Rate 1Korea9.205.883.3228.5338.04 2Canada3.911.292.62032.71 3U.S2.250.891.36049.95 4Austria1.700.481.226.7554.52 5Netherlands1.680.091.58232.7163.05 6Belgium1.420.421.00061.30 7Sweden1.210.450.62153.1926.41 8Denmark1.050.490.56125.1362.75 Source : 2001 May. OECD

13. 13 II. Market Analysis on Broadband Internet Service(2)  Success Factors oHigh-quality infrastructure oMany densely populated areas oLow-cost IP telephony  Problem oLow-cost resulted from excessive competition in ISPs oDuplicated investment (line, equipment, etc.)

14. 14 III. The future plan

15. 15 1. Government Activities(1)  Infrastructure side oConstruction of Information Superhighway  Legal Side oCertification system on cyber-village oIPv6  Knowledge-base side oNational GRID project

16. 16 1. Activities Government(2)  National GRID Project

17. 17 2. Internet R&D Sites  Internet R&D sites in Korea  “Next Generation Internet” Joint Project (1999 --) Internet Industry Association BusinessKISA Information Protection KTNetworkKISDI Policy · Strategy KISTIContents · DBETRIR&D KRNIC Organization AddressNCA Application Service CategoryOrganizationCategory

18. 18 3. IPv6 Activities (1) ProjectActivities  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

19. 19 3. IPv6 Activities (2)  6Bone-KR Topology

20. 20 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

21. 21 Thank you.