Korean slang profile
와이브로
waibeuro
WiBro mobile broadband
A communication service enabling high-speed wireless internet access while moving.
- Expanded form
- Wireless Broadband InternetWireless Broadband Internet
- Other spellings
- WiBro
- Earliest source found
- 2008
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
당시 노트북의 무선 인터넷 접속 방식으로 와이브로가 소개됐다.
와이브로 was introduced as a laptop’s wireless-internet access method at the time.
02Documented history
- 2008The usage context and meaning of “와이브로” can be found in 2008 국가정보화백서 (한국정보사회진흥원).[1]
03Origin & word formation
A shortened or abbreviated form of “Wireless Broadband Internet”. The service description and English expanded form were compared in the 2008 white paper. The survey year does not establish commercialization or coinage in that year. Its use and explanation in these sources were checked; the actual first namer and date of coinage have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The service description and English expanded form were compared in the 2008 white paper. The survey year does not establish commercialization or coinage in that year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008 국가정보화백서 (한국정보사회진흥원)Published 2008Original source checked Nov 14, 2026