South Korea - Infrastructure - FttH, NGNs & IP

Synopsis

As a result of the South Korean government’s push to advance telecommunications with the active cooperation of the operators, South Korea has become a hotbed for infrastructure developments. In this report we examine the country’s telecom infrastructure developments, focusing on hot topics such as Next Generation Networks, Fibre-to-the-Home, Broadband over Powerline, IPv6 and VoIP. In addition, this report look at the data market in South Korea, including discussions on KT Hitel (KTH), Korea Thrunet data services, Integrated Services Digital Network services, Value-Added Networks and Very Small Aperture Terminals.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview of infrastructure developments in South Korea
  
  • 2.1 Introduction
    
  • 2.2 Infrastructure investment overview
    
• 3. Regulatory issues
  
  • 3.1 Government support for infrastructure
    
  • 3.2 Korean Information Infrastructure (KII) project
    
  • 3.3 IT839 Strategy
    
• 4. Next Generation Network (NGN)
  
  • 4.1 Market overview
    
  • 4.2 Ubiquitous Korea (uKorea)
    
• 5. Major national infrastructure players
  
• 6. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
  
  • 6.1 Market overview
    
• 7. Broadband over Powerline (BPL) / Powerline Communications (PLC)
  
• 8. IPv6
  
• 9. IP-Virtual Private Network (IP-VPN)
  
• 10. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
  
  • 10.1 Market overview
    
  • 10.2 Internet phone services go mainstream
    
  • 10.3 Issuance of VoIP licences
    
    • 10.3.1 Issuance of VoIP phone numbers
      
• 11. Apartment LANs
  
• 12. National submarine cable infrastructure
  
• 13. International submarine cable infrastructure
  
• 14. Satellite infrastructure
  
  • 14.1 KoreaSat (KT)
    
  • 14.2 Dacom
    
  • 14.3 SK Telecom / MBSat satellite for mobile Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)
    
  • 14.4 Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
    
• 15. Data communications
  
  • 15.1 KT Hitel (KTH)
    
  • 15.2 Korea Thrunet data services
    
  • 15.3 Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
    
  • 15.4 Value-Added Networks (VANs)
    
  • 15.5 Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs)
    
• 16. Related reports