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Discussion of Alternatives for Inter-Korean Mobile Communication Cooperation in the era of 5G Technology

5G시대, 남북한 이동통신 협력 대안 논의

  • Lee, Jeong-Jin (Graduate School of Public Policy and Information Technology of Seoul National University of Science & Technology / Inter-Korean Cooperation TF of KT)
  • Received : 2021.12.10
  • Accepted : 2022.01.28
  • Published : 2022.03.31
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Abstract

Changes have been taking place in North Korea, which has been pushing for selective informatization with a priority on a system safety. North Korea has been developing its own mobile communication industry over the past decade by expanding base stations, producing smartphones on its own, and developing applications useful in real life. Recently, the introduction of 5G technology has been elevated to the status of a national agenda to be fostered as a key industry for national economic development. The time has arrived when the needs of North Korea, which has to advance technology, are aligned with the capabilities of South Korean mobile communication companies, which are seeking to new markets to overcome stagnant growth. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate a cooperative scenario for mobile communications companies between the two Koreas in the early stages of the 4th Industrial Revolution and its core technology 5G, while also making a timely proposal to position North Korea in the GVC. Mobile communications is a large-scale industry that can create synergies from inter-Korean economic cooperation by facilitating exchanges and cooperation between the two Koreas, inducing numerous derivative industries and driving job creation. Joint mobile communications activities with North Korea would be an effective cooperative aspect that can contribute to the economic prosperity of the entire Korean Peninsula.

체제안위를 우선으로 선택적 정보화를 추진해온 북한에서 변화가 발생하고 있다. 북한은 지난 십수 년에 걸쳐 기지국 증설, 스마트폰의 자체 제작, 실생활에 유용한 어플리케이션 개발을 하며 이동통신 산업을 발전시키고 있다. 최근에는 5G 기술 도입을 국책과제로 선정하여 국가 경제발전의 기간 산업으로 육성하고 있다. 기술의 고도화가 필요한 북한과 성장 정체를 해결해야 하는 한국의 이동통신 기업들의 Needs가 부합하는 시점이다. 본 논문은 4차 산업혁명과 그 핵심기술인 5G의 태동기에 남북한의 이동통신 사업자 간 협력 시나리오를 도출하는 데 목적이 있다. 또한 시의성 있게 북한을 글로벌가치사슬(GVC: Global Value Chain)에 포지셔닝 시키는 제안을 하는데 있다. 이동통신은 남북한의 교류 협력을 매개하고 수많은 파생 산업을 유발하고 고용을 창출하여 남북 경제협력의 시너지를 창출할 수 있는 대규모 산업이다. 북한과의 이동통신 협력은 한반도의 경제적 번영에 기여할 수 있는 효과적인 협력 아이템이 될 것이다.

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