WiBro

WiBro
WiBro is wireless Broadband internet service, providing full mobility through open, IP based network with various types of terminals.

Carry the high speed Internet in your pocket.
Access the web, multimedia contents and whatever information you need as you move.

Background and Telecom Market Trend

- Dramatic rise of demand on (wire/wireless) Internet services in Korea.
- An efficient frequency band was sought by Industries; the government reallocated 2.3GHz, once allocated for FWA, for Portable Internet service(Dec. 2002)

- The annual growth rate of voice telecom market, both fixed and wireless, is decreasing, as time goes by; while that of data service market is increasing. Especially that of wireless market is very big. But there are some limitations of the current wireless internet equipment. First, the current mobile phone has some disadvantages such as low data rate but high charge. Second, the wireless LAN has less mobility and a narrow cell coverage of about one hundred meters.

- These factors have made a new mobile wireless internet service appear. The new mobile wireless internet service has some advanced features such as good mobility and coverage as well as higher data rate but lower charge than the existing cellular phone.

Positioning

WiBro(Mobile WiMAX), 3G, and WLAN complement each other and are partially competing.

Link: Slide http://www.wibro.or.kr/down/wibro_overview.ppt