Broadband Subscribers in Korea © 2014 Netmanias • www.netmanias.com * Source: Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning n Broadband subscription rate (Q1 2005 – Q1 2014) The broadband subscription rate in Korea has been steadily increasing, reaching 76.6% in Q1 2005, 100% in Q4 2010, and 103% in April 2014. KT Cable operators LG U+ Million n Broadband subscribers by operator (Q1 2005 – Q1 2014) KT SK (SK Broadband) LG U+ Cable Operators 8.0M (40.2%) 18.8M Broadband subscribers in Korea (April 30, 2014) 4.64M (24.6%) 2.98M (15.8%) 3.13M (16.6%) As of the end of April 2014, Korea has 18.8M broadband subscribers, and 40.2% of them (i.e. 8.01M) are KT users, which makes the company the unrivaled No. 1 in the country’s broadband market. Q4 2010: 100% Broadband subscribers # of Households 18,852,555 18,269,153 Million Click the link below to see statistics information on wired/wireless services and subscribers in Korea. https://www.netmanias.com/en/?m=view&id=statistics_ict&no=6041 SK (SK Broadband) Broadband Subscribers in Korea UPDATE May 1, 2014NETMANIAS ONE-SHOT * Source 1: Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning * Source 2: KT, SK Broadband and LG U+
2. Broadband in Korea – Access technologies © 2014 Netmanias • www.netmanias.com n Vendors selected by operators n Broadband subscribers by operator – per access technology (April 2014) Korea has 5.34M FTTH subscribers, and 71.6% of them (i.e. 3.83M) are KT users, making the company the No. 1 FTTH service provider in the country. - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2015 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 n Broadband subscribers trace by access technology (Q1 2005 – Q1 2014) LAN (UTP)7.1M (37.5%) 4.7M (24.9%) HFC FTTH 5.3M (28.3%) XDSL 1.8M (9.3%) 18.8M Broadband subscribers in Korea (April 2014) LAN (UTP) FTTH HFC XDSL Million 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Since its launch in 2006, FTTH service subscribers have continued to increase. As of the end of April 2014, 5.34M (28.3% of the total broadband subscribers) are subscribing to this service. Different FTTH technologies have been adopted by the big 3 operators – E-PON by KT, G-PON by SK, and E-PON by LG U+ – but they all support 100Mbps in UL and DL. 3.83 1.21 0.28 0.03 2.82 1.81 1.77 0.63 1.37 0.35 0.03 1.27 0.93 2.45 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 KT SK LG U+ MSO Million XDSL LAN (UTP) HFC (Cable) FTTH KT SK (SK Broadband) LG U+ FTTH (OLT) ▶ E-PON: Dasan, ubiQuoss ▶ G-PON: Dasan, HFR, Tellion ▶ E-PON: Dasan, ubiQuoss LAN L2/L3 Switch ▶ L3 switch: Dasan, ubiQuoss ▶ L2 switch: Dasan, ubiQuoss ▶ L3 switch: Dasan, ubiQuoss ▶ L2 switch: Dasan, HFR, Tellion ▶ L3 switch: Dasan, ubiQuoss ▶ L2 switch: Dasan, ubiQuoss XDSL ▶ VDSL DSLAM: ubiQuoss ▶ VDSL DSLAM: Dasan, Tellion ▶ VDSL DSLAM: Dasan, ubiQuoss Broadband Subscribers in Korea UPDATE May 1, 2014NETMANIAS ONE-SHOT OLT ONT PON OLT L3 SW ONU Edge & Backbone Home CO UTP PON UTP L2 SW L3 SW UTP UTP FTTH LAN Last mile line • FTTH: Optical fiber (ONT at home) • LAN: UTP cable (from L2 switch or ONU)