United States, Japan, South Korea and China have been racing to provide their country fastest 5G network. Interestingly, South Korea became the first one to officially launch the 5G network. Let’s talk about South Korea 5G services.
Hyper-wired South Korea is a highly reputed nation in terms of advanced technology.
On Wednesday, SK Telecom, KT telecom LG Uplus are top South Korean telecom providers initiated their 5G services at 11 pm as local standard time.
These three superfast networks are providing jiffy speed data which will download the entire movie just in a second. Reportedly, the 5G network is 20 times faster than the 4G data.
Seoul prioritized the 5G network to encourage economic development.
South Korea 5G – First Users:
Both KT & LG Uplus went live at the same time to provide first 5G networks to some special people. Many celebrities such as a television personality, a racing driver, Olympic ice-skating heroine Kim Yu-na and two members of K-pop band EXO.
Additionally, KT telecom provided a special ultra-fast network to a technician’s wife. The technician is setting up the network at the disputed island of Dokdo.
So, these were the first people to have access to the ultra-fast 5G network.
However, 5G services for general people will start on Friday. Notably, the actual launch date announced by the company was 5th April.
Moreover, Samsung S10 5G will also be available on 5th April. Remarkably, it is the first smartphone with 5G technology built in.
Rivals:
Talking about competitors, the US, China and Japan are still in competition with each other.
In December, AT&T made a 5G based system in the 12 cities to some selected users. Also, AT&T provides 5G services in Doha but compatible devices are not available, to use it. In contrast, Verizon also started their 5G services, a week before scheduled time in Chicago and Minneapolis.
Noticeably, Verizon network will work with Lenovo’s 5G compatible smartphone Moto Z3.
According to a data analyst firm IPlytics, there are total 3,400 5G patents including Huawei’s 1,529 patents.
Coming to Japan, the country will start its limited deployment in 2019 before launching it next year officially.
So, this was everything about South Korea 5G services. Stay tuned to Daily Patron.
