Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute


The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute is a Korean government-funded research institution in Daedeok Science Town in Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

Overview

Established in 1976, ETRI is a non-profit government-funded research institute. In the 1980s, ETRI developed TDX and 4M DRAM. In the 1990s, ETRI commercialized Code-division multiple access. In the 2000s, ETRI developed Terrestrial DMB, WiBro, and 4G LTE Advanced, for mobile communications.
ETRI is one of the leading research institutes in wireless communication domain with more than 2500 patents filed.
ETRI developed ship-area network technology, portable automatic language interpretation and automated valet parking technology.
As of December 14, 2015, ETRI had about 2,000 employees of which about 1,800 are researchers.

Chronology

PeriodChanges
2013.03.Affiliation changed from MKE to MSIP
2008.02.Affiliation changed from MOST to MKE
2004.10.Affiliation of MOST Changed
2000.01.National Security Research Institute Established an Affiliated of ETRI
1999.01.Affiliation Changed to KOCI of Office of the Prime Minister
1997.01.The Institute's Korean Title Changed
1996.04.SERI Incorporated into ETRI as an Affiliate
1992.03.Affiliation of ETRI Changed
1985.03.ETRI Established
1981.01.KETRI Established
1980.12.Affiliation of KTRI Changed
1977.12.KTRI Established
1976.12.KIET, KERTI Established