Korea Telecom (KT) launched its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) based service yesterday (July 4), offering voice, data and IPTV services.
KT is delivering IPTV through high-definition set-top boxes from Humax and Samsung, both of which are KT’s consortium partners for the country’s IPTV service. Both vendors’ boxes are based on STMicroelectronics’ STi710x family of HDTV AVC decoder chips.
LG-Nortel, another consortium partner for the service, is also developing its set-top boxes based on the STi710x, according to STMicrolectronics.
The service provides more than 1,200 on-demand titles, and 27 interactive services, ranging from education to finance to instant messaging. An electronic program guide and user-created content are also available. Other KT IPTV services include: digital photos and personalized stock; plus weather and sports information.
