Policy alternative to solve problems and issues for the u-City implementation in Korea

A u-City has been adopted since 2005. In the beginning, the concept of u-City was improving life quality and revitalizing related industries with Information Technology into the city construction and promoting it as national export model business. But, as years go by, it has been changed and appeals to the sensitivity and warm-hearted. Latest key-word of u-City is embodying clean, safe, convenience and healthy city through ubiquitous IT. Now, u-City project which requires a huge budget and resources is not only the domestic issue and it has been spreading all over the world. Problems and obstacles have been founded while promoting the u-City project. Mutual implementation, standardization, information protection and security, preparing the budget, duplication of tasks between government bodies, competition structure, terminal compatibility, problems on the law and system have been raised. In this study, problems and issues are listed and also an alternative political proposal to solve the problems and issues will be brought up.