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ETRI’s 40 years in photos

  • On August 22, 2003, ETRI launched the PATH 1G E-PON transmission service developed by its network research institute.

  • On October 13, 2004, a ceremony was held to celebrate the opening of the IT Technology Transfer Evaluation Center (ITEC), an organization with exclusive responsibility for technology transfer, technology evaluation, and SME support.

  • On December 13, 2004, ETRI successfully demonstrated its WiBro prototype and tested 1 Mbps Internet access and real-time broadcasting on a running bus.

  • On January 18, 2005, to promote optical communications technology development, construction of the ETRI Optical Communication Research Center building was completed in the state-of-the-art optical industrial complex in Oryong-dong, Gwangju Metropolitan City.

  • In March 2005, former President Moo-hyun Roh and the First Lady visited ETRI’s mobile communication lab and encouraged researchers.

  • In 2005, ETRI’s terra electronics device research team successfully theorized the principles of Mott metal-insulator transition (MIT), a long-time conundrum in physics, and proved the phenomenon through experiments.

  • In 2005, ETRI’s terra electronics device research team successfully theorized the principles of Mott metal-insulator transition (MIT), a long-time conundrum in physics, and proved the phenomenon through experiments.

  • In December 2005, the terrestrial DMB, completed with ETRI’s technology, became the world’s first commercialized service.

  • On March 6, 2006, ETRI opened a sports complex.

  • ) In May 2006, ETRI became Korea’s first public institution to win a New Quality Award.

  • On December 28, 2006, ETRI held a ceremony to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

  • On April 4, 2007, Austrian President Heinz Fischer visited ETRI to experience Korea’s IT achievements.

  • On July 20, 2007, ETRI held a groundbreaking ceremony to construct the 12th research building and extend electric power facilities.

  • In 2007 for full-HD video data processing, ETRI developed encoder technology to reduce power consumption and improved compression ratio by at least 50% compared to the existing MPEG-4 standard.

  • On March 6, 2008, Minister of Knowledge Economy Yun-ho Lee visited ETRI as the first research institute after his inauguration.

  • On April 3, 2008, ETRI established its Vision 2020 to become the world’s top human technology leader and elaborated a goal of becoming a research institution that would lead human-centered IT convergence technology that is fun, convenient, and safe.

  • In October 2008, ETRI developed core technologies for ubiquitous transparent smart windows that allow users to access various information anywhere and anytime, presented on windows, display windows, and car glass.