"Korea's Broadband Success is very impressive."

Officials of the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications are having a conversation with President Lee.

Officials of the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications visited KISDI on October, 2004.

Antti Kohtala, Director of Communication Networks and Competition and Tatu Tuominen, Senior Research Officer in Telecommunications had a conversation with KISDI President John H. Lee on mobile services of Korea and Finland and the overall IT industry.

At the following meeting, Dr. Chong Hoon Park, Dr. Bumjin Jang, and Dr. Jonghwa Lee exchanged opinions with the Finnish officials about the IT industry of Korea and Finland, KISDI's status and role, EU's IT policy, and how to promote bilateral cooperation between Korea and Finland.

Dr. Lee is making a presentation.

The Finnish officials showed great interest in Korea's broadband policy and its success factors, which were addressed by Dr. Jonghwa Lee. In his presentation, Dr. Lee said that 24 out of 100 people have access to broadband internet in Korea. He also analyzed factors to creating supply, demand, government policy, and market environment and introduced future market development strategies.

Director Kohtala said, "I was very impressed by Korea's high broadband network penetration rate and rapid growth of the IT industry and infrastructure building. Korean government's effective IT policy sets a good example for Finland."