Title: VDSL,
1VDSL, Successful Deployment in Korea
TELSON Information Communications Co., Ltd.
2Broadband Service Growth in Korea
67
64
51
(thousand)
Number of subscribers
Penetration rate
11,104
10,405
28
7,806
3
4,017
419
2001
2000
2003.06
1999
2002
Source Arthur D. Little, 2003
3Broadband Service in Korea
2001
2003 2005
- Apartment
- Mansion
- Apartment
- Mansion
- New Apartment
- New Apartment
- Mansion
- xDSL
- ADSL
- VDSL
- Cable
- LAN
- FTTH
Market Share
30
30
30
10
Cyber Apart Solution
4Broadband Subscribers in Korea
Satellite, B-WLL
LAN
Other
Thrunet
KT
xDSL
Cable
Hanaro
end of Jun,2003
Source KRNIC
5Time Spent on the web
average hours per month per user
Source NetValue
affordable broadband triggers a positive
reinforcement cycle broadband delivers
multimedia traffic faster, greater reliance on
the Internet for information and entertainment
content.
6Internet Applications in Korea
e-Mail
25
Web
72
News/Stock
20
FTP,Telnet
6
Game
14
Streaming Data
5
Chatting
P2P
12
4
10
Education
Others
13
19
Others
- Internet Café more than 20K, nationwide
- Cyber Stock Trading 60 of total stock trading
amount - Internet Broadcasting more than 800 companies
- Mobile Internet multi-million users
Wireless LAN Subscriber KT- 260K / Hanaro 16K
Source KRNIC
7xDSL Deployment Migration
8VDSL Subscriber Forecast in Korea
8.5 Million (100Mbps)
Unit 000 (thousand)
4.8 Million (50Mbps)
1.8 Million (20Mbps)
0.15 Million (13Mbps)
9VDSL Vendors in Korea
Market Share (2003.June)
Total VDSL Shipment (ports)
Others
1.2 Million
8
48
44
Milinet
Telson IC
0.8 Million
2002
2003
KT KT
Hanaro
Dacom Onse
Others Dasan Networks
Gigalink Gisan
10Key Drivers of VDSL growth
- Similar price as ADSL but higher speed
- Strategic market initiative by KT
- Relatively cheap cost. (us25 per month)
- The faster, the better
- Popularity of online contents (stock trading
games) - Competition of service quality between Telcos
11VDSL standard issue in Korea
- Dual Line code (QAM / DMT)
- Biggest Market Share by Infineons QAM
chipset - - Early advanced to Korean Market
- - Its competitiveness in Stability,
Performance and Price - issues is proven from commercial service
- Regardless of QAM or DMT, higher performance and
- lower price product is preferred by Service
Provider - KT adapted Dual Line code