Evolution of Broadband PolicyEvolution of Broadband PolicyEvolution of Broadband PolicyEvolution of Broadband Policy

in Koreain Koreain Koreain Korea

28. April. 2011

Sung-Wook HUR

Director of Network Planning & Protection Division

Korea Communications Commission

KANZ Broadband Summit 2011KANZ Broadband Summit 2011KANZ Broadband Summit 2011KANZ Broadband Summit 2011

ContentsContentsContentsContents

1. Why does Network Matter Now?

2. Broadband History of Korea

3. New Crisis has arisen : Data

Explosion!!

4. Direction of Future Broadband Policy

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Why does Network

Matter Now?

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Basic Infra for CommunicationsBasic Infra for CommunicationsBasic Infra for CommunicationsBasic Infra for Communications

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More People will use the Internet

- 2010 : 2 Billion ⇒ 2020 : 5 Billion

- Current World Population : 6.7 Billion People

The Role of ICT NetworkThe Role of ICT NetworkThe Role of ICT NetworkThe Role of ICT Network

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Enhancing Production, Creating Employment, Adding Value

Creation of New ICT Industry and Improvement of Global

Competitiveness

Contribute to Solving the Energy Crisis with Green Solutions

Expansion of Digital Life with High Standard, Customized

Services

Resolving Social Exclusion and Divide, Strengthening

Disaster Prevention and Response Capability

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Industry, Economy

Society, Culture

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(UBcN Plan , 2009.1)

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Broadband History of Korea

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Brief History of Broadband PolicyBrief History of Broadband PolicyBrief History of Broadband PolicyBrief History of Broadband Policy

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1987 · · · · · 1993 · · · · · 1998 · · · · · 2003 · · · · · 2007 · · · · · · 2010 · · · ·2013

Phone

10m

National Basic DB

(Citizen, Land)

KII Rollout

Broadband

(10m)

Mobile phone

( 20m)

1987 1991 1995 2002

2010

Basic Telecom

RolloutKorea IinformationInfrastructure (xDSL, a few Mbps)

Broadband Convergence Network (BcN) Rollout

1995 1996 2004 2005

UBcN (~2013) : 1Gbps

2009 2010

Realtime IPTV

Inaguration

IPTV : 3m

Wire &

Wireless BcN

subscribers

4,5m

2008 2010

• Giga-Internet

Commercialization

• Rural Broadband

Expansion

• Traffic Explosion

Smart Network

Implementation

• Future Network

R&D

KII Project(1995~2005)KII Project(1995~2005)KII Project(1995~2005)KII Project(1995~2005)(KII : Korea Information Infrastructure)(KII : Korea Information Infrastructure)(KII : Korea Information Infrastructure)(KII : Korea Information Infrastructure)

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Objective

Strategy

Outcome

World Class Network Infrastructure Rollout and Universal Internet Service Provision

Initial Government Investment in Network

Infrastructure and Affordable Services to the Users

made possible with Off-Set Deposit Scheme

⇒ Induce Demand and Private Sector Investment

Universal Internet Service of 2Mbps

Proliferation of Services including e-government

and e-business

KII Project(1995~2005)KII Project(1995~2005)KII Project(1995~2005)KII Project(1995~2005)(KII : Korea Information Infrastructure)(KII : Korea Information Infrastructure)(KII : Korea Information Infrastructure)(KII : Korea Information Infrastructure)

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KII KII KII KII TestbedTestbedTestbedTestbedFor R&DFor R&DFor R&DFor R&D

. To provide a high-speed network environmentfor R&D

Universities,Research Institutes

. Budget : government.

. Project Management :

NIA

. Network O& M : KT

ObjecObjecObjecObjec----

tivetivetivetive

MainMainMainMain

UsersUsersUsersUsers

ManageManageManageManage

mentmentmentment

KIIKIIKIIKII----GGGGFor deploymentFor deploymentFor deploymentFor deployment

. To deploy nationwideNetwork Infrastructure

. To provide high-speed service

Government,Non-profit Organizations

. Budget : Government

(pay back by charge discount )

. Project Management : NIA

. Network O&M : KT, Dacom

KIIKIIKIIKII----PPPPFor diffusionFor diffusionFor diffusionFor diffusion

. To expand commercial network

. To promote high-speed services

Enterprise, IndividualHome users

. Loan from Government

. Pilot Service : NIA,

& Major Carriers

. Network O&M : Carriers

100b Won (100m Dollars)GovtGovtGovtGovt

FundingFundingFundingFunding800b Won (800m Dollars)

713b Won (713m Dollars) * Loans to industry

BcNBcNBcNBcN Project(2004~2010)Project(2004~2010)Project(2004~2010)Project(2004~2010)(BcN : Broadband convergence Network)(BcN : Broadband convergence Network)(BcN : Broadband convergence Network)(BcN : Broadband convergence Network)

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Objective

Strategy

Outcome

Realization of High Quality Network. Converging

Voice/Data, Broadcast/Telecom, Wire/Wireless

(Wireline : over 50Mbps, Wireless : Avg 1~2Mbps)

Public Private Partnership

- Govt : Pilot Projects, Institutional Environment,

Standardization

- Private : Network Rollout,

Service Commercialization

BcN Coverage for most parts of Country

IPTV/video communications/video streaming

service expansion

Joining Leading Countries in International ICT Index

Funding Appr. 1.3 trillion Won (1.3b Dollars)

3 Stages of 3 Stages of 3 Stages of 3 Stages of BcNBcNBcNBcN ProjecProjecProjecProjectttt

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1st Stage(04~05) 2nd Stage(06~07) 3rd Stage(08~10)

. Over 40 New Services

Implemented including Internet

Phone (Video/Voice)

. Commercialization of Digital

Cable TV

. Advanced Subscriber

Network (Wire 2.5m

households, Wireless 0.5m

Subscribers)

. 25 New Services

Implemented including IPTV

. 14 Services

Commercialized(TV Portal,

Interactive Digital CATV, etc)

. Advanced Subscriber

Network(Wire 7m, Wireless

5.6m)

. Nationwide BcN Backbone

Network (Premium Net)

. New Wire/Wireless

Convergence Services

Implemented(mVoIP, mIPTV ,

etc)

. IPTV commercialization

. Expansion of BcN into Rural

Areas

. Pilot Seamless Services

across Wireless Networks

Voice/Data Convergence

Broadcast/Telecom Convergence

Wire/Wireless

Convergence

History of Wireless BroadbandHistory of Wireless BroadbandHistory of Wireless BroadbandHistory of Wireless Broadband

• Leading world telecommunication market as host country of CDMA

• World’s First in Commercializing CDMA(‘96) and launching Video call service(‘01)

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1996199619961996 2002200220022002 2008200820082008

GSM(Europe)

CDMA

GSM(Europe) + Data)

Fimm

CDMA

(Voice call + Data)

June, Fimm

2G 2.5G

, MMS

WCDMA

(Voice + data)

TelePresence, MMS

3G

WiBro commercialization

Commercialization

( Phone, Android)

WiBro commercialization

WiFi Commercialization

(i-Phone, Android)

4G

AdvanceWiBro Advance

LTE/LTE-A

(Long Term

Evolution)

2012201220122012

Key Factors of Broadband SuccessKey Factors of Broadband SuccessKey Factors of Broadband SuccessKey Factors of Broadband Success

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Competition

P o l i c y

Government

Led Demand

C r e a t i o n

Environment

a l E f f e c t

I n d u s t r y

P r omo t i o n

w i t h I C T

F u n d

- Lowering Entry Barriers for New Providers

-Increased Competition with Quality Evaluation

Scheme

-Government Led Investment ⇒ Return through

Public Sector Discount Rate

- e-government, e-learning services

- early adopter, high population density

- ICT Fund (1995) : support R&D

⇒ Development, Commercialization and

Marketing of key technologies : CDMA, Wibro, etc

Current Status of Broadband in KoreaCurrent Status of Broadband in KoreaCurrent Status of Broadband in KoreaCurrent Status of Broadband in Korea

• Broadband Subscribers : 17.2million(2010)

※ HFC(Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial) : Fiber(local->node) , Coaxial(node->subscriber)

※ Korea(South) Population : 48 million (2010)

- Fiber based Subscription rate : 85.3%

- Service Charge(100Mbps) : US 25~30$

• Mobile Subscriber : 50million

- 3G mobile service available almost everywhere14

FTTHFTTHFTTHFTTH HFCHFCHFCHFC xDSLxDSLxDSLxDSL TotalTotalTotalTotal

Subscriber 9.5million 5.2million 2.5million 17.2million

percentage 55.3% 30.0% 14.7% 100%

Max. Speed 100M 10M~100M A few M~50M

New Challenges have come in

Smart Era

- Mobile Data Explosion

- Rise of Massive Video Centric contents

- Expansion of network accessibility

(Cloud, N-Screen, M2M)

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Explosion of Wireless Data TrafficExplosion of Wireless Data TrafficExplosion of Wireless Data TrafficExplosion of Wireless Data Traffic

• Mobile Traffic in Korea

- July. 2009 : 250TB ⇒ Oct. 2010 : 2,305TB

• Induced by Smart-Phone

- Traffic by 1 User per Month in Korea

<Smart-Phone> : 448.2MB

<Feature-Phone> : 8.6MB

• Sustained Increase in Traffic Forecasted

(Diffusion of Tablet, Smart Phone, etc)

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MobieMobieMobieMobie Traffic Forecast(Cisco VNI report)Traffic Forecast(Cisco VNI report)Traffic Forecast(Cisco VNI report)Traffic Forecast(Cisco VNI report)

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Traffic eating Device(Cisco VNI report)Traffic eating Device(Cisco VNI report)Traffic eating Device(Cisco VNI report)Traffic eating Device(Cisco VNI report)

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Rise of Massive Video Centric Contents Rise of Massive Video Centric Contents Rise of Massive Video Centric Contents Rise of Massive Video Centric Contents

• High Bandwidth Data of 3D, UDTV

• Distribution of Video Content through Network

will Increase with Wide Adoption of Smart TV

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Expansion of Network AccessibilityExpansion of Network AccessibilityExpansion of Network AccessibilityExpansion of Network Accessibility

• ICT Resources (Network S/W, Platform, Data, etc) absorbed into

Network

• Increase in Efficiency of ICT Resource Utilization and Decrease in Costs

• Data Access Possible whenever and wherever Network is Connected

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Expansion of Network AccessibilityExpansion of Network AccessibilityExpansion of Network AccessibilityExpansion of Network Accessibility

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• Today, through PC and smartphone; Tomorrow, through things

connected to network, we can gather, manipulate, process and

deliver information intelligently, to be applied to cars, power grid,

healthcare, logistics, environment monitoring, etc.

• Network-connected Device Forecast(Bell-Lab)

- 2010 : 10 Billion ⇒ 2020 : 100 Billion

1960 2020 2040

100:1 1:1

2000

1:50 1:100

Expansion of Network AccessibilityExpansion of Network AccessibilityExpansion of Network AccessibilityExpansion of Network Accessibility

• N-Screen : Seamless usage of content across multiple screen

platforms (PC, Pad, Smartphone, TV, etc) with mobility

• Commercial N-Screen service began in Korea in Jan. 2011 by SKT,

providing video content(movie, drama, news) via dedicated

device

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다양한 기기간 동영상 이어보기

Smart Pad

(indoor, outdoor)

Smart Phone

(outdoor)

Smart, Multi-Screen TV

(indoor)

PC (indoor)

Direction of

Future Broadband Policy

- Wired : Giga Internet

- Improving Wireless Network

- Qualitative Enhancement

- Future Network

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Wired Network (Giga Internet)Wired Network (Giga Internet)Wired Network (Giga Internet)Wired Network (Giga Internet)

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Objective

▷ Provide commercial Giga-Internet service 10 times faster than current

BcN by 2012

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Agenda

Incremental Approach : 1st Stage : Initial Pilot(‘09～’10), 2nd Stage : Expansion Pilot(‘11～’12)

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Public Private Partnership to realize Giga-Internet▷

Respond to high bandwidth traffic generated by high quality, realistic

services (videophone, full HD IPTV, 3D TV, etc)

Provide 100M~1Gbps Internet Service through ultra

broadband subscriber network technology (FTTx, HFC,

LAN)

Improving Wireless NetworkImproving Wireless NetworkImproving Wireless NetworkImproving Wireless Network

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Short Term Plan

▷Increasing 3G data capacity

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Mid & Long Term Plan

Developing LTE-adv / Wibro-evo▷

Consider using TV white-space & DSW frequency▷

Commercialize LTE

▷Data Off-loading : WiFi / Femtocell

Implementing Giga-WiFi based on Giga-internet▷

Qualitative EnhancementQualitative EnhancementQualitative EnhancementQualitative Enhancement

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Broadband for Rural Area

▷Fullfil universal service

▷ Matching fund among central govt:local govt :industry(1:1:2)

▷Achieve nationwide 100M coverage by 2015

▷Establish quality standards for network services

▷Increase User satisfaction through competition

Safe Internet Environment

▷Pre-emptive response to computer incidents/Prevent information leakage

Management of Broadband Service Quality

Future NetworkFuture NetworkFuture NetworkFuture Network

• Re-Design of network architecture, to fundamentally

resolve limitations of current IP network (security, QOS,

scalability, etc) and accommodate future services

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• Establish foundation for R&D, testing, validation for Future Network

technologies such as virtualization, programmability

• KOREN(KORea advanced Research Network) : testing & validation

environment for optical packet transmission equipment and virtual

resources management solutions via KOREN research network

• APII/TEIN: Joint R&D on Future Network technologies(Openflow,

DCN, etc) through international research networks

* APII : Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure; TEIN : Trans-Eurasia Information Network

Future Network’s Feature Future Network’s Feature Future Network’s Feature Future Network’s Feature

• Content Centric Network

- distributed smart node configuration

• Virtualization

- stable provision of smart TV contents through

configuration of logical premium network

• Seamless Mobility

- 3G network centered network traffic dispersion

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Thank You

swhur@kcc.go.kr

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