Country : South Korea
Carrier : SK Broadband
South Korea is known as the world’s most connected country offering the world’s top upload and download speeds, and it has set clear strategic goals to have gigabit broadband available to all citizens by 2020.
South Korean internet has gotten even better.
SK Broadband, a wholly owned subsidiary of the South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, SK Telecom, is using what’s known as a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) to get these blazing speeds.
GPON technology uses what’s known as a “point-to-multipoint architecture,” in which a single optical fiber is used with multiple unpowered fiber splitters.
SK Broadband says it developed its GPON technology as an alternative to ethernet cables, and according to the Korean Herald is saying that customers will not need any additional cables. With one cable, SK GPON can hit up to 52.5Gbps.
The SK Broadband estimates that three users would be able to download a 90-minute HD movie in 3 minutes.
Original article Published by David Grossman on May 18, 2018 in Popular Mechanics.
For further information about GPON technology being used in South Korea please go to;
South Korea’s Already Great Internet Gets Even Greater (popularmechanics.com)
Telecom Review Asia Pacific – SK Broadband boosts fiber to 52.5Gbps, with Nokia
or contact Victor from PON Project Services on 0428 186 800 or vholters@ponprojects.com to learn more.
