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Policy of upgading the analysis of Korea's IT infrastructure

  • Informatization Policy
  • Abbr : 정보화정책
  • 2007, 14(4), pp.38-59
  • Publisher : NIA
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy

이영로 1 Kim, Byungcho 2 나성욱 1 허정회 1

1한국정보사회진흥원
2한국외국어대학교

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ABSTRACT

With subscription to broadband Internet services reaching 10 million households in 2002, Korea has been dubbed the top broadband nation by international organizations such as ITU and OECD. National infrastructure plays a very important role in the industrial development of a nation. In particular, IT infrastructure has made Korea the world’s No. 1 for the first time in history. This is attributed to the informatization policy that has been constantly pursued for the last 20 years. In keeping with such informatization policy, the project on building the infra for high-speed communication network had been continuously carried out from 1995 to 2005 since the newly established Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in 1994. The government’s aggressive and relentless efforts to implement such policy, Korea's unique business model, selection of ADSL techniques for initial Infra deployment, high priority investment to isolated and vulnerable areas from IT distribution such as schools and rural districts, establishment of a pro-cyclical investment structure led by the government, and the country’s cultural and environmental characteristics are cited as the key success factors. Today, the construction of the high-speed infrastructure over the whole nation is nearly complete. The next step is upgrading the infrastructure by one notch to provide telecommunications and broadcasting convergence services such as IPTV, giga internet services. A new strategy that will enable Korea to sustain its global leadership in the IT field is also required.

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