An audience member takes a photo during an SK Telecom launch event for the company's 5G mobile network, in Seoul on April 3, 2019. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)
SEOUL: South Korea launches the world’s first fully-fledged 5G mobile networks April 5, a transformational leap that already has superpowers sparring for control of an innovation that could potentially change the day-to-day lives of billions of people.
The superfast communications heralded by fifth-generation wireless technology will ultimately underpin everything from toasters to telephones; from electric cars to power grids.
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