The Korean Electronic Trade Association (KCALS) will prepare an ISP to build a joint B2B network by the end of June and complete establishment of the first system to support a joint B2B service by the end of September.

Through establishment of the first system, KCALS expects to lay a stable service foundation for actual transactions by providing an integrated environment for functions common to all business areas and by enhancing application efficiency by sector.

KCALS decided to build a catalog linkage system and to realize transaction support systems between business sectors. It also decided to prepare the operating base in a national B2B infrastructure by launching an integrated IDC (Internet Data Center) as well as linkage with G2B e-commerce, in particular, while expanding related projects that link business between Korea and Japan.

Next year, when the second-phase project starts, the association plans to promote expansion of domestic linkages with common-function projects, about 40 B2B business sectors and the government's supply market and global linkages with Japan, China, etc.