Download KT Overview - World Bank

March 2011
Contents
• KT Overview
Introduction
Global Business
• Case Study
Rwanda / Indonesia / Nepal
Lessons Learned
• Closing Remarks
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Korea and ICT
KT Overview
Bolstered by policy to promote the ICT industry, Korea became
the Broadband Wonderland
•e-Government (UN) index (No. 1)
•Mobile Data Usage (2010)
- ATPU**: 271MB (3.2 times global avg.)
Republic of Korea
0.8785
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•Smartphone Subscribers
- 1mil (Jan.’10)  10mil (Mar. ‘11)
•World Class IPTV Services
•Broadband Penetration (Fiber)*
- 17.9 subscribers per 100 (No.1)
•Mobile Penetration (post pay)
- 57% (’01)  104% (’10)
*As of Dec. 2010
•Fast Growing Markets
- Broadband: 7.8mil (’01)  17.2mil (’10)
- Mobile: 3.2mil (’01)  50.7mil (’10)
** ATPU: Average Traffic Per User
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Introduction
KT Overview
As Korea’s leading telco, KT has been leading the Korean
telecom industry, including the latest Smart Revolution
Dec. 1981 KT Corporation established
Aug. 2002 Completely privatized
Apr. 2006 World’s first WiMAX service
Nov. 2008 Real-Time IPTV
Jun. 2009 Merged with KTF (mobile subsidiary)
Jan. 2010 3W (WCDMA, WiFi, WiMAX) services
31,000
# of Employees
USD 17B
Revenue (2010)
19.4M
Telephone
Subscribers
7.4M
16M
Broadband
Subscribers
Mobile
Subscribers
(As of Dec. 2010)
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New Businesses
KT Overview
Fixed-Mobile convergence services, smart solutions, and cloud
computing are recent additions to KT’s services
•Cloud Computing
•Cloud Computing (uCloud)
•Mobile Applications
•WAC* Participation
•Social Communication and
•Smartphone Promotion and Data Explosion
Collaboration
•“Smart Work” Solutions
•Video Contents
•IPTV
•Context-Aware Computing
•Fixed-Mobile Convergence
Source: Gartner (2010)
*Wholesale Application Community
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Global Business
KT Overview
KT has been expanding its business into the global arena,
with its experience and expertise in telecom development
Global IT
Business
Build telecom networks, provide
solutions and managed services
•Rwanda National
Backbone
•Bangladesh Internet &
PSTN Network
Data &
Wholesale
Deliver wholesale and global data
services based on KT´s global
network and partnerships
•Voice retail & wholesale
•Global data services
•Global and regional
satellite services
Global
Investment
Explore investment opportunities
mainly in mobile sector in regions of
lower penetration rates
•Russia NTC (Mobile)
•Uzbekistan (WiMAX)
•Mongolia Telecom
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Rwanda IT Hub
Case Study
Rwanda aims to be the IT hub for Central Africa by
transforming itself into a knowledge society
AgricultureBased
Economy
NICI 1
(’01~’05)
• Develop economic
base and support
accelerated growth
KT
Projects
KnowledgeBased
Economy
NICI 3
(’11~’15)
NICI 4
(’16~’20)
• Facilitate process to
sustain economic
development and
growth towards PIKE
• Consolidate process
towards achieving
PIKE and middle
income status
NICI 2 (’06~’10)
• Strengthen economic environment and
promote growth towards predominantly
information and knowledge based
economy (PIKE)
WiBro and FOC National Backbone
Network
Network
2008
2007
*NICI: National Information and Communications Infrastructure
National Fiber
Optic Cable
2009
• More than 220 institutions connected:
district offices, universities, hospitals...
• Sectors: e-gov’t, e-Agriculture,
e-Health, e-education
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Rwanda IT Hub
Case Study
Implementation of the NICI plan helped Rwanda to achieve
economical growth and ICT sector development
Education
Human Resource Development
•Economic Indicators
GDP (US$ billion)
2000
2008
250
440
48
55
2000
2008
Mobile
0.5
13.6
Internet
0.0
0.1
5.06B
Infrastructure, Equipment and Content
Economic Development
Social Development
E-Government and E-Governance
Private Sector Development
1.73B
2000
2008
School
enrolment(%)
•ICT Indicators
Telco Revenue (% of GDP)
Rural and Community Access
Legal&Regulatory provisions and standards
GNI per
capita(US$)
3.1B
Subscribers
(per 100)
1.0B
National Security Law and order
2000
2008
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Indonesia ICT Training Center
Case Study
Indonesia pursues to develop skilled ICT specialists, and is
promoting economic growth through public and private
partnerships
• Training 10,000 ICT personnel per year
expected
• National ICT curriculum standards
established (network and system
administrators, programmers, etc.)
∟ Recognized and licensed as official ICT
educational institution
•Area/Capacity: 100,000ft / 425 people
• Positioned as the central ICT hub for
learning and information exchange
•Enhance ICT skills and competitiveness of
public servants
• Visited and benchmarked by other
countries
2,
•Expedite e-Government through HR
development
∟ Smaller ICT centers promoted in
Southeast Asia but none comparable to
Indonesia in size
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Nepal GIDC
Case Study
Nepal established the first Government IDC (GIDC) to promote
e-Government
• Top priority project in the Nepal’s
e-Government Master Plan (ADB, ‘07)
− Next priority projects: (2) NID, (3) Land
Registration, (4) Vehicle Registration
• ICT operational know-how transferred
− 20 ICT operators trained
• Project Period: 2007~2009
• Area: 1,317m2(2 floors)
• System set-up: Backbone switch (Gigabit) 4EA,
Security equipment 3EA, Server 11EA
• Bandwidth: Backbone 1Gbit, Internet
Connection 2M*2(with ISP providers)
• ICT Training Center
• Investment minimized through
consolidated GIDC common facilities
* Of 26 government ministries,
6 ministries are using the facilities
* No private IDC in Nepal
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Lessons Learned
Case Study
Top-down holistic approach, large funds and focusing on ICT
for development are key points in ODA projects
•Projects based on longerterm master plan
•Continuous ancillary
supports for projects and
the roadmap
•Larger funding
requirements
(USD 12B for Korean eGovernment projects)
•Relatively
limited/fragmented
funding
•ICT based services in
developing countries
promotes overall economic
growth (OECD, 2009)
− 10% increase in BB
penetration increases
1.38% of GDP
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Closing Remarks
ICT enabled infrastructure is the key to successful economic
and social development. Governments, MDB, and participating
ICT companies need to strategically collaborate
ICT
Companies
• Technologies/
Expertise
• Commercial efficiency
Recipient
Countries
• Clear visions and
strategies
• Accountability and
transparency
MDB
• Strategic development
partnership
• Increased private
participation
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