Korea Electric Power Data Network Company (KDN) selects Motorola to provide CyberSURFR cable modems.ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Arlington Heights, village (1990 pop. 75,460), Cook county, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; founded 1836, inc. 1887. Its manufactures include machinery, drugs and medical equipment, and metal fabrication. Arlington Park racetrack is there. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 1996-- Deployment Set for Early 1997 in South Korea Motorola, Inc. - Multimedia Group today announced it has been selected to provide cable modems to Korea Electric Power This article is about Korean Electric Power Company. For the Japanese Electric Power Company, see Kansai Electric Power Company. Korea Electric Power (NYSE: KEP) is the only electric utility provider in South Korea. Data Network Company (KDN KDN Korea Electric Power Data Network Co, Ltd KDN Kenya Data Networks Limited (Nairobi, Kenya) ), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of the South Korean utility company Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO KEPCO Korea Electric Power Corporation KEPCO Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. (Japan) KEPCO Kyushu Electric Power Company, Inc. (Japan) ). KDN will deploy Motorola's CyberSURFR(TM) cable modems to establish broadband services over its two-way hybrid fiber/coax (HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. ) network, currently covering 70 percent of the Republic of South Korea. Scheduled for introduction in mid 1997, it is the first deployment of high-speed data services, which KDN plans to offer nationwide. "High-speed data service is important to our national communications infrastructure, and we are pleased to introduce this leading-edge technology to South Korea," said D.Y. Chu, President of KDN. "In maximizing the utilization of our existing high-capacity hybrid fiber/coax plant, we will be able to provide high-speed Internet See broadband. access and on-line services efficiently and economically," D.Y. added. "We are privileged to be a part of the state-of-the-art broadband network KDN is developing in South Korea," said James M. Phillips James M. Phillips is an American businessman who is the current president, chairman, and CEO of Luminetx Corporation, a bioscience technology company.[1] He also serves as CEO of Snowflake Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Luminetx. , corporate vice president, Motorola Inc. "KDN's wide reach in South Korea and its existing HF/C network provide an ideal platform from which to quickly and efficiently deploy world-class data services throughout the country," Phillips said. "Our CyberSURFR modem technology will help bring Interactive Age technology to South Korea, and we are pleased to be a part of this important milestone," Phillips added. The CyberSURFR cable modem is part of Motorola's CableComm family of products. The CyberSURFR modem connects subscriber personal computers to the HFC system via a standard 10Base-T 802.3 LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. connection specifically designed for data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. for on-line services, Internet access, telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. and other emerging services for home and business PC users. The modem offers throughput speeds of up to 10 Mbps in the downstream path and upstream data rate of up to 768 Kbps. The Cable Router is installed in the network headend, where it interfaces with the HFC distribution network to local or remote IP networks. Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) is a government-owned enterprise established to promote electric power resource development, to run the electric power business with efficiency and to contribute to stable growth of the national economy by ensuring a stable and economical supply of electric power. The main tasks of KEPCO are the development of electric power resources and R&D on related industries; power generation, transmission, distribution and their related business; R&D, investment, contribution and subsidization to the business mentioned above; and other projects committed by the government. Korea Electric Power Data Network Co., Ltd. (KDN) was established in January 1992 as a telecommunications subsidiary of KEPCO. Although it is a young organization, KDN has grown at the remarkable rate of 250 percent annually, as a result of its mission to achieve absolute customer satisfaction. More than 1,000 engineers are looking toward the 21st century and working to achieve success in network integration, LAN, WAN, value-added network services, information and communications services, software development, system integration, system management, facilities automation and other areas. KDN's value-added network department has successfully finished installations of five times CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. internet exhibitions, which opened between June and September of 1996 in TaeKu, TaeJeon, Pusan, KwangJu and Seoul in Korea. Now they are constructing the first test-bed CATV internet service system in the area of TaeJeon for preparation over commercial CATV value-added services scheduled for introduction in mid 1997. Motorola's Multimedia Group, a unit of the Messaging, Information & Media Sector, develops, manufactures and markets systems for the convergence of voice, data and video communications services over advanced broadband multimedia platforms. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27 billion. -0- CyberSURFR(TM) is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. For further information about the Multimedia Group and Motorola Inc. please visit our Internet website at http://www.mot.com/multimedia. CONTACT: Motorola Inc. - Multimedia Group Doug Robertson, 847/632-6634 or KDN Lee Byung II, 822-377-26071 or Edelman Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Worldwide Susan Radd, 312/240-2686 |
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