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Korea is determined to acquire the world's fastest wired and wireless Internet service at 10 times the speed of the current service by 2012. The government and the communications industry plan to invest some W34 trillion (US$1=W1,379) over the next five years in the project.
The Korea Communications Commission on Sunday said it finalized plans for Internet services at an average speed of 1 Gbps through fixed lines and 10 Mbps through wireless. One Gbps allows users to download a 120-minute film in just 12 seconds.
The aim is to give users seamless access to large-capacity, high-quality convergence services such as IPTV.
Although the super-speed internet will be available mainly in large cities, fixed-line subscribers in smaller towns nationwide will also then have access to 50 to 100 Mbps Internet service allowing them to watch IPTV programs without a hitch.
According to OECD statistics in 2008, Korea was in the lead internationally in terms of the ratio of households subscribing to the high-speed Internet at 94.1 percent. It ranked third in terms of the actual download speed.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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