Abstract
After two trials of WiBro services, conducted by KT and SKT in March and May of 2006 respectively, Korea' s WiBro services went commercial on June 30, 2006. After running commercial WiBro services approximately one year, network coverage is still low and inadequate; WiBro lacks terminal devices and killer applications and has an unclear service positioning. These factors have hampered WiBro' s initial development. This report will analyze the development of Korea' s commercial WiBro services and the bottlenecks that have been encountered during initial stages.
Research Scope
This report analyzes the development of commercial WiBro services in Korea, including service content, service rates, and service providers' positioning of WiBro. Problems faced by WiBro in its initial development stages are also examined.
Table of Contents
- Korea' s WiBro Industry Development
- Issuance of WiBro Licenses in Korea
- Korea' s Commercial WiBro Service Development
- KT
- SKT
- Comparison of KT' s and SKT' s Attitudes toward WiBro Services
- Long-term Evolution of WiBro
- MIC Perspective
- Appendix
List of Topics
WiBro industry development in Korea, including equipment, terminal products, and chipsets; WiBro license issuance in Korea, including criteria which were used to grant licenses to service providers; WiBro commercial service development, including service providers' positioning of WiBro, coverage areas, service content, service rates, and future evolution; comparison of KT and SKT' s attitudes towards WiBro
List of Tables
- Table 1 Samsung' s Global WiBro Equipment Supply
- Table 2 Korea' s Main Assessment Criteria for WiBro Licensing
- Table 3 KT and SKT' s WiBro Pilot Services
- Table 4 KT' s WiBro Development
- Table 5 KT' s WiBro Service Rates
- Table 6 KT' s Plans for WiBro Service Content
List of Figures
- Figure 1 Overview of Korea' s WiBro Spectrum Licenses
- Figure 2 KT' s WiBro Service Development Timeline
- Figure 3 KT' s WiBro Service Model Development Plan
- Figure 4 SKT' s WiBro Service Development Timeline
List of Companies
- ACE Technology
- Air Broadband
- Amicus Wireless
- Arialink
- Beceem
- Etoos
- Hanaro Telecom
- IHQ
- Inno Wireless
- Intel
- KBS
- KDDI
- Kisan Telecom
- KT
- LG
- Motorola
- Nortel
- NTT DoCoMo
- Omnivision
- PCCW
- Portus
- Posdata
- Reigncom
- Runcom
- Samsung
- Sequence
- Sidus
- SingTel
- SK Communications
- SK Telelink
- SKT
- Solid Technologies
- Sprint Nextel
- Telecom Italia
- Telecom Malaysia
- TUMedia
- TVA
- Wareplus
- YBM
- Youngwoo Telecom
