BROADBAND KOREA: INTERNET CASE STUDY

 

 

The Republic of Korea (Korea) has made major strides in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) over the last four decades:
- In 1960, Korea had a telephone penetration of 0.36 per 100 inhabitants, barely one tenth of the then world average.
- In 1981, Korea caught upwith the world average and at the end of 2002, its teledensity was 48.8, or almost three times more than the world average
-In 1995, Korea had less than one Internet user per 100 inhabitants. In 1999, it surpassed the developed nation average and by the end of 2002 was the world’s fifth largest Internet market, with 26 million users.
-Korea leads the world in broadband Internet access penetration. At December 2002, Korea’s penetration of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and cable modem Internet access was first in the world.


How the ICT can increased the tourism economy in Korea? In these case study Korea are one of the success country that's the economy based on the ICT program. In one article said the use of ICTs is therefore driven by the development of complex demands, as weel as by the rapid xpansion and increases in sophistication of new products, which evidence that e-tourism has already taken off in several countries.


In 2007 South Korea internet user show the penetration level: Internet user (M) 35, Share % of total internet usage 2.9%, Population(M) 48.2, Penetration 72.6%.


Link: http://www.koreatravel.com/