Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Korea Telecom Demos 2.3 GHz Flarion Wireless Data Service

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:51:50 -0500

Korea Telecom Demos 2.3 GHz  Flarion Wireless Data Service

Korea Telecom (KT), along with LG Electronics, ArrayComm and Kyocera,
demonstrated its 2.3GHz wireless Internet service that offers transmission
speeds of 1Mbps and allows connections to be maintained while a user moves
from one location to another. KT plans further testing of the technology with
Flarion, a U.S.-based company, which is also working with Korean wireless
carrier SK Telecom, and broadband carrier Hanaro Telecom to develop 2.3GHz
wireless Net services.

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March 24, 2003
KT Shows Off 2.3GHz Wireless Internet Technologies

By  Ahn-Ku Toh, eWEEK Korea

SEOUL, South Korea—Having achieved nearly 100 percent penetration of mobile phone service,
South Korea's telecommunication providers
are now competing to offer wireless Internet services. Earlier this month, Korea Telecom
(KT), South Korea's largest broadband provider,
began demonstrating early iterations of its 2.3GHz wireless Internet service technology.

Expanded tests of the service, including trials with partners from the United States, are
due next month.

KT's demonstration included wireless modems attached to mobile devices such as notebooks
and PDAs. KT's 2.3GHz technology includes
smart antennas and TDD/TDMA, a device for activating frequencies. The devices successfully
maintained connection to 2.3GHz wireless
LANs service while moving from one location to another. The test showed maximum data
transmission speeds of about 1M bps, acceptable
performance for most individual and corporate Internet users when compared with broadband
Internet service or wireless LAN service. This
portends well for future commercialization of these technologies, experts say.

The base station that KT set up for the demonstration was operated in partnership with LG
Electronics, ArrayComm and Kyocera. In April, KT
plans to conduct further testing with Flarion, a U.S.-based company. A number of other
Korean telecommunication companies are also
working with Flarion to provide mobile Internet service. SK Telecom, Korea's largest
wireless carrier, invested in Flarion last year and uses
the company's technologies in its own demonstration. Hanaro Telecom, the country's second
largest broadband carrier, is conducting
similar tests in collaboration with Flarion.

Korean telecommunication companies are already providing wireless Internet access for
laptops, PDAs and other devices, but these
services are currently only available in a restricted number of locations. If wireless
Internet service is commercialized, it will enable Koreans
to access the Internet and advanced telecommunication services from any location.

With the telecommunications industry set on deploying wireless Internet service as soon as
possible, the standards for wireless Internet
service are expected to be set by the end of the year.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,971671,00.asp

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