South Korea to extend 5G service to 85 cities by end of 2019
LG has collaborated with Chinese tech-giant Huawei in deploying 5G base stations at over 10000 sites
KOREA (Reuters) - South Korea has become the world‘s first country to launch 5th-Generation (5G) networks. Three national mobile carriers introduced the first 5G-enabled smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S10, across Seoul on Friday.
One of the mobile carriers, LG U-plus, has collaborated with Chinese tech giant Huawei in deploying 5G base stations at over 10,000 sites.
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The service is also available in other major cities outside Seoul.
South Korea reportedly hopes to extend its 5G network to 85 cities by the end of the year.
