Next-generation access country overview: Korea

Nov. 24, 2010 - PRLog -- Korea is one of the most advanced broadband markets in the world, with fibre-based subscriptions constituting 44.5% of total broadband subscriptions as of March 2009. Almost all of the Korean operators have focused on infrastructure-based competition.
Table of Contents
Executive summary

In a nutshell
Technology and network
Legacy network technology and service types
Proposed FTTx technology and approach
FTTx (consumer) products available
Wholesale services
Limited wholesale market
Competition
Competitive landscape
Key players
Korea Telecom (KT)
SK Broadband (formerly Hanaro Telecom)
LG Powercomm
System operators
Government involvement
Industrial policy
Regulatory situation
Local loop unbundling (LLU)
Wholesale broadband services
Korean hybrid approach to regulation of fibre
VoIP
IPTV: commercialising and linear retransmission
Bundling regulation

List of Tables

Table 1:Developing technologies for Korea’s BcN
Table 2:KT’s FTTH deployment performance for 2008
Table 3:Basic retail plans of SK Broadband FTTx service (W, May 2009)
Table 4:Retail plans of KT FTTx service (W, May 2009)
Table 5:Discount rates for KT bundled services (May 2009)
Table 6:South Korea: broadband and FTTx market share by operator (March 2009)
Table 7:UBcN target

List of Figures

Figure 1:Proportion of KT’s broadband subscribers by technology
Figure 2:Access network strategy: SFUs
Figure 3:Access network strategy: MDUs and small businesses
Figure 4:KT NGN roadmap
Figure 5:Proportion of SK Broadband’s broadband subscribers by technology
Figure 6:SK Broadband FTTx scenarios: total network

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