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ICT Development in Korea: Lessons for Convergence and Success

Explore the success factors and lessons learned from ICT development in Korea, including broadband and mobile services, WiBro technology, DMB broadcasting, e-Government, and the convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications. Discover Korea's strategic investments, education policies, and market-friendly initiatives for achieving a dynamic digital economy.

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ICT Development in Korea: Lessons for Convergence and Success

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  1. T I A January 29, 2009 ICT Development in Korea YOUNG K. NOH IT Counselor Korean Embassy

  2. Contents Status of ICT Korea Broadcasting and Telecommunications Convergence Lessons from ICT Development

  3. I. Status of ICT Korea Key Success Factors 34M. (76.3%) 14.7M. (90.8%) Ideal Test-bed 26 M. 10.4M. (69%) (59.4%) Densely populated residential areas Large IT consumer Base - Technology savvy consumers Active technical innovation ’02 ’07 ’02 ’07 Broadband Subscribers (% of household) Internet User Government Strategic investment for infrastructures Education on Internet usage Policy to promote competition 43.4M. ( 89.8 %) 40.1M. 32.34M. (67.9 %) 5,699T. (13.1%) Private Sector 116T. (0.4%) Aggressive marketing for more subscribers Low and flat subscription tariffs Many online content and game providers ’06 ’07 ’02 Mobile Subscribers ( 3G subscriber ) 3

  4. I. Cutting-edge Service (1): WiBro Broadband Access on the Move fast, seamless and affordable Overseas Deployment Low Price High Speed Mobility North America • Sprint Nextel • Arialink • Neupara Europe 30 Mbps Flat+Measured Rate 120 km/h • BT • Telecom Italia • Portus • FT KDDI KT/SKT Adopted Int. Standard (IEEE802.16e) (’05.12) MiddleEast Asia Pacific KT, SKT launched commercial Service (’06. 6. 30) • Etisalat • Bayana WiBro Speed improvement: 50~80Mbps (’07) South America • TVA • Omnivision Africa • Altech Adopted as the international standard(itu) (’07.10) Wibro VoIP demonstration (’08. 6 OECD ICT Ministerial Meeting) Country WiBro Service Korea ( KT/SKT)ㆍ Venezuela Provided Indonesia, Malaysia, Croatia, Italy, Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, USA Uzbekistan Uzbekistan To be Provided To be considered New Zealand, Norway, Great Britain, Singapore 4

  5. 7.6 I. Cutting-edge Service (2): DMB World’s smallest TV - TV in my hand - S- DMB Commercial Service (’05. 5) T-DMB can be a very efficient disaster warning system against typhoon and tsunami T- DMB Commercial Service (’05.12) Radio/TV Studio T- DMB Broadcasting Station DMB Transmitter Growth of DMB users Wireless Mobile Network (10,000) 1,369 1,000 T - DMB 560.8 Warning Control System Receiver 500 S - DMB 200 Disaster related information collecting center 140 Current status of Overseas deployment 96.9 120 48.9 Country DMB Service 80 40 service KOREA, CHINA(Beijing), GERMANY 0 France, Germany, China, Italy, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia, Netherland, Vatican, U.K, South Africa Pilot service 05.6 05.12 06.3 07.4 08.6 5

  6. I. Broadband Applications: e-Government/e-Commerce e - Government e - Commerce Total transaction volume of e-Commerce : 516.5trillion Won (’07e) cf. world: US $7Trillion(’07, OECD) Korea ranked 6th out of 192 countries - UN e-Government Readiness Index 2008 517 billion dollar online civil affairs services(G4C), home tax service single window service (G4B) for business support online citizen participation portal Portals for disclosing public administrative information 1,809 trillion Total transaction volume 1,555 trillion 1,308 trillion E-Commerce 358 trillion (19.8%) 235 trillion 119 trillion ’01 ’03 ’06 Share of Internet Banking transaction : 24.4%(Q1, ’08) 6

  7. I I.Broadcasting and Telecommunications Convergence Establishment of Korea Communications Commission Korean Government promotes regulatory reform and market-friendly policies to create a dynamic market economy. New paradigm called for as digital technology advancement and wider network bandwidth have stimulated convergence in network, service, equipment and content Integrated policy-making and regulatory functions between broadcasting and telecommunications to proactively respond to the digital convergence environment (Feb ’08) Ministry of Information and Communication Korean Broadcasting Commission Korea Communications Commission Korea Communications Commission Korea Communications Standards Commission Korea Internet Safety Commission (Deliberation) 7

  8. I I.방송과 통신의 융합 I I.Broadcasting and Telecommunications Convergence IPTV launch 2006.7 Pre IPTV in Korea IPTV around the world Hana TV Mega TV My LG TV # of countries # of service providers Hanaro Telecom Service provider KT LG Dacom Asia 6 38 Service launch Europe 19 57 2006.7 2006.9 2007.12 North American 2 173 858thousand 482thousand 5thousand No. of subscribers (end of Feb ’06) Others 6 14 Total : 1.35 million Total 33 282 (MRG 2005) Household 14 million Source: Korea SW Industry Promotion Agency 2005 Prospect of subscribers 2006.11~12 Real-time IPTV pilot service IPTV subscriber outlook Passed the ‘Internet Multimedia Broadcasting Business Act’ 6 (million) 2007.12 5 4 Completed the legal framework for IPTV service - Real-time transmission, account separation, equal access to network content 2008.7 3 2 Award license to service provider and launch commercial service 2008.9 2008 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 Source: Media & Future Institute 8

  9. Digital transition schedule in major countries I I.Broadcasting and Telecommunications Convergence Promote digital transition of terrestrial broadcasting Enacted Special Act (Dec’07), Complete digital transition by 2012 Establish national promotion agency, Organize joint promotional activity between government-broadcaster-manufacturer Improve digital reception environment by assisting the building of community reception facilities Draw up measures to utilize unused frequency after digital transition 2001.10 2006.7 2009.2 2011.11 Start HDTV broadcasting (Metropolitan area) Termination of analog broadcasting the US Termination of analog broadcasting in France Start nationwide HDTV broadcasting Termination of analog broadcasting in Korea Termination of analog broadcasting in Japan Settlement of DTV Transmission mode DTV Special Act Passed 2004.7 2008.3 2011.7 2012.12 9

  10. Ⅲ.Information Security Policies Actively address adverse effects of the Internet Financial damages due to cyber incidents Upgrade security incident response mechanism by developing early response system Implement customized countermeasures Introduce security servers for 30,000 websites that handle personal information 14.2 trillion (KRW) 4450 billion (KRW) World (’06) Korea(’06) “ “ The Internet should be a space of trust. Otherwise, the force of the Internet could turn out to be venomous rather than beneficial. In a nutshell, what is being menaced is the trust in transactions, a linchpin for the continued development of the Internet economy. In order to promote confidence in the Internet, all individuals and nations basically have to equip themselves with a systematic response system. More than anything else, cooperation between countries is urgently required. ” ” President Myungbak Lee 10

  11. Ⅲ.Information Security Policies • Response to Hacking/Virus • Protection of Privacy • Act on Protection of Personal Data • Strict Punishment on Privacy Infringement • Public-Private Joint TFT • Global Cooperation against Cyber Terrorism • Clean Cyber Environment • Spam Mail Control • Obscene Material Control • e-Clean Korea Campaign Safe and Sound Digital Society 11

  12. Ⅲ.Bridging Digital Divide Digital Divide between Income-levelsㆍAgesㆍRegionsㆍCountries Global Internet Penetraition Internet Usage Gap Source: Internet World Stats North America 73.6% Oceania/Australia 59.5% 65.2% 26.4% Europe 48.1% 99.3 76.3 Latin America/ Caribbean 24.1% 21.9% World Avg. 34.1 49.9 Middle East 21.3% Asia 15.3% 5.3% Africa 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Non-disabled Over 50s Disabled 20s Digital Divide (Digital Opportunity Index) 42.9% 34.6% 87.4 76.3 33.4 52.8 Monthly Income over $3400 Low- income Rural General Population Source: ITU, World Information Society Review 12

  13. Full Broadband Nationwide Coverage • Optical Access Point to Households in Rural Areas • Satellite NW to Households in Isolated Areas • PC Penetration in Digital Have-nots • IT Training to Digital Have-nots • - Practical IT Training to the Disabled, Senior Citizens, etc. Ⅲ.Bridging Digital Divide Mid-to-Long Term Project for Bridging Digital Divide 13

  14. Ⅲ.Some Lessons from ICT Development Experience Importance of Broadband Infra Consideration for the digital have-nots Prevention of the malicious use of ICT • Essential for a successful e-Government/e-business environment • Development and testing of new technologies • Digital divide could be a serious problem in development process • Need ICT-education , policy, budget to bridge digital divide • Malicious use of ICT increase with the informatization • Preventive measures against hacking, virus, unsolicited mails and other negative uses 14

  15. Thank you

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