SKB Provides 1-10GHz Internet Simultaneously with a Single Device... First in Korea

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-sun] SK Broadband announced on the 19th that it has developed the country's first optical communication technology that simultaneously provides ultra-high-speed internet from 1 to 10 GHz (gigahertz) using an integrated optical module in a single device.

According to SKB, applying this technology eliminates the need to install duplicate equipment for different speeds, reducing investment costs and improving equipment installation space efficiency by 65%. Additionally, equipment heat generation is reduced, and power consumption is cut by 28%. As a result, carbon emissions are also reduced.

Since June this year, SK Broadband has formed a consortium with SK Telecom and domestic promising companies such as HFR, Dionet, and Opticoa to participate in the "Optical Communication Component Demonstration Support Project for Intelligent Information Networks," led by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency, successfully developing the technology. This national project aims to localize and commercialize new optical communication technologies and will continue until December.

SK Broadband and the consortium companies are conducting test network integration and verification at the Dongjak Exchange in Seoul. Commercialization is targeted for next year.

SK Broadband plans to showcase the newly developed technology at the "European Optical Communication Expo 2022," held in Basel, Switzerland, from the 19th to the 21st.

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