Daegu subway. /Yonhap News,
, ‘Having the 22-23.6GHz frequency band, carrier K-On Network plans to provide a high-speed free Wi-Fi service that is 20 times faster than LTE (4th generation mobile communication) Wi-Fi currently in use in the six metropolitan subways and urban railways nationwide, starting with Daegu.’,
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, ‘The high-speed subway Wi-Fi is a project being considered by Stage X, the fourth mobile carrier that obtained the 28GHz frequency band, and competition between the two companies is inevitable.’,
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, ‘On the 29th, K-On Network announced plans to establish a ‘Metro High-Speed Communication Network’ using the 22-23.6GHz (gigahertz) frequency band designated as a use-free band by the Ministry of Science and ICT in 2018 and Mobile Hotspot Network (MHN) technology commercialized by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in 2016. According to K-On Network, the use-free band allows for low-cost and high-speed wireless backhaul construction without spectrum usage fee and wireless station license.’,
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, ‘Established in 2018, K-On Network acquired a national network internet line service provider license in July last year. The company is the first to apply for a national network operator license after the change from approval to registration system, and received the license after more than a year of verification by the Ministry of Science and ICT.’,
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, ‘The company also stated that the MHN backhaul speed developed by ETRI was initially limited to 1Gbps but later improved to 2.4Gbps. By utilizing this frequency and technology, K-On Network plans to provide up to 30GB of free data to service users without authentication and 50-100GB of data with authentication.’,
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, ‘K-On Network explained that content provided before use and advertisements are the main sources of revenue, and will introduce a service platform utilizing a private network built in subways. The company plans to offer location-based targeted services for communication customers using subways and urban railways, and aims to collect traffic fees from major platform companies using the subway vicinity private network and operate a small business rental business.’,
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, ‘K-On Network has completed a detailed survey of the operating section of Line 1 of Daegu Transportation Corporation and completed the design drawings for equipment installation. K-On Network is expected to start the equipment installation in Daegu first in the first half of this year. From next month, it plans to complete the detailed survey and design drawings for the operating section of Line 1 of Incheon Transportation Corporation, and start the main section construction in July.’,
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, ‘Park Joon-dong, CEO of K-On Network, who recently joined the company from LG Uplus, said, “Once the construction of communication services centered around subways is completed, it will be in line with the government’s policy of reducing household communication expenses.”‘,
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