The Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday that two key mobile  communication technologies -- Long Term Evolution-Advanced and WiBro Evolution  -- were recently chosen as fourth generation (4G) global standards.
In a  meeting in Vietnam held June 9-16, the International Telecommunication Union  passed the global standardization tests for the two technologies, which are  intended to be used as 4G mobile communication systems.
ITU is an  international organization which specializes in deciding standards on radio and  telecommunications.
The organization will complete developing the  specific standardization framework for the new technologies by March 2011 and  grant final approval in February 2012, according to 
KCC officials.
“With Korea playing a key role in the  international standardization effort, the nation will be able to lead the way in  designing core technologies for the next generation,” said Kim Jeong-sam,  director of the radio spectrum policy division at the KCC.
The two new  technologies, which are already adopted by many European and Asian countries,  will enable mobile phone users to get faster access to the mobile Internet at  comparable speeds to Web surfing on a personal computer.
Better known as  WiMAX Evolution in other countries, the WiBro Evolution’s research has been led  by Samsung Electronics and the state-funded Electronics and Telecommunications  Research Institute.
WiBro Evolution is deemed to be 10 times faster the  high-speed downlink packet access technology adopted by the current 3G mobile  phones.
The initiative for technology standardization was taken forward  by the Telecommunications Technology Association in Korea, which worked in  cooperation with groups based in other nations such as Japan and the  U.S.