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Reportbuyer: Mobile WiMAX Users in South Korea will Reach 2,5 million
by 2011, says New Report
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:04072008
Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for
major industry sectors, has added a new report analysing WiBro Services
and Strategies in South Korea.
"WiBro Services and Strategies in South Korea", which is available from
http://www.reportbuyer.com/go/ROA00034 reports that the number of
mobile WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Acces) users
will increase to more than 2.5 million by 2011. The market revenues are
also expected to increase to 65 billion KRW by 2011.
The report shows that Mobile WiMAX, called WiBro in Korea, was
commercially launched in the country two years ago, on June 30, 2006,
but due to insufficient CAPEX (capital expenditure) investment,
resulting in poor service coverage and device line-up, the subscriber
growth was slow, until KT started strong marketing strategies to
attract subscribers in early 2007.
Authors of the report note that the subscribers increased 5,600 in
April 2007 to 106,000 in December 2007. In 2008, the subscribers are
increasing by about 10,000 per month. In addition, KT and SKT, the two
mobile WiMAX operators in Korea, have decided to expand their
investment from 2008, and the mobile WiMAX market is expected to grow
faster.
Moreover, the availability of VoIP (Voice Over Internet protocol) will
have a significant influence on subscriber addition. Currently, the
biggest disadvantage with WiBro service is that it fails to provide a
killer application.
The report further shows that to improve the service expansion, the
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Korea
is developing NeMA (New Mobile Access), an upgraded version of WiBro.
NeMA is a technology for the users who move at a high speed; at 100Mbps
while moving at the maximum of 120km/h. In 2007 ETRI developed NoLA,
which is LAN-based technology for the users who move at low speeds.
ETRI plans to combine these two technologies and if it succeeds, the
Korean market could witness next year a service that allows the users
to use Internet in a moving vehicle on the highway.
"WiBro Services and Strategies in South Korea" is available from Report
Buyer. For more information go to:
http://www.reportbuyer.com/telecoms/3g_wimax/wibro_services_strategies_s
outh_korea.html
Report Buyer product ID:ROA00034
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information. The website now carries over 79,000 business information
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