KT launches wireless Internet access service for Rwanda

SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- KT Corp., South Korea's top fixed-line operator and
internet service provider, said Sunday it has launched wireless Internet network
service in Rwanda.

The communications network service for Internet access, dubbed "WiBro," cost
US$7.7 million to build and links major government agencies in the capital city
of Kigali, according to KT.
KT said it hopes the service, which was launched last week in the African nation,
will serve as a stepping-stone in the company's bid to further tap the African
market.
South Korea's No. 1 electronics company, Samsung Electronics Co., and seven other
companies joined the project, said KT, which won the deal last year.
WiBro, one of the world's major third-generation (3G) wireless Internet
standards, is a homegrown wireless Internet access technology developed by KT
that enables broadband-like Web connectivity even when a user is in motion. The
technology competes with Intel Corp.'s WiMax.
sam@yna.co.kr
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