Report: 5G availability in S. Korea at just 15%


A man walks past an advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy S20 5G smartphone at a telecom shop in Seoul. South Korea, the first country around the globe to commercially launch a 5G mobile network in April last year, currently offers 5G services in non-standalone mode, which requires support from the 4G LTE network. — AFP

SEOUL: South Korean smartphone users’ connection to 5G network services is far lower than expected, with 5G users only able to use the fastest network 15% of the time, a report showed on June 30, Yonhap News Agency reported.

South Korea, the first country around the globe to commercially launch a 5G mobile network in April last year, currently offers 5G services in non-standalone mode, which requires support from the 4G LTE network.

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