The first 5G Olympics? Not quite, say bemused spectators


FILE PHOTO: A volunteer looks at her mobile phone at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Park in Gangneung, South Korea, February 19, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - The Pyeongchang Winter Games was supposed to be the coming-out party for 5G, the next generation of wireless technology -- but few people noticed. And some of those who did were unimpressed.

"It was okay," South Korean spectator Lim Seol-hwa said, after visiting a truck outfitted with the technology, one of several demonstrations of 5G's applications at Games venues.

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