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SK Broadband Taps Sckipio Gfast Solution to Break 1Gbps Barrier

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Sckipio Technologies and internet service provider SK Broadband announced the first commercial deployment of Gfast 212MHz gigabit internet in Asia.

SK Broadband deployed the new Gfast gigabit service in Seoul and Seongnam, South Korea.

Most South Korean apartment buildings already have fiber to the basement. Yet, often these are older buildings, making it impractical to bring fiber all the way to the apartment. That is the reason why only 34 percent of South Korean apartments have fiber all the way to the apartment while the remaining 66 percent are needing another approach.

That is where Gfast comes in. Gfast is a standards-based access network technology that adds true gigabit connections to each unit in the building by using the existing twisted pair telephone wiring.

Working with South Korean network infrastructure equipment maker HFR, Sckipio provides SK Broadband solutions supporting up to 96 subscribers. HFR’s DPU serves 24 subscribers in a single DPU and can connect to an additional three DPUs to serve 96 subscribers sharing the same copper binder. 

Choong-Bok Lee, Manager, Access Network, SK Broadband
SK Broadband is determined to provide gigabit internet to all, but not all South Korean apartments can be easily wired with fiber all the way to the apartment. 

David Baum, CEO, Sckipio
This deployment demonstrates Gfast technology’s use case to deliver gigabit service to large apartment environments without needing to install fiber connections to each apartment.

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