SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major mobile carriers continue to outperform global competitors by a wide margin, posting download speeds more than three times faster than those in other leading countries, according to a new industry report released Monday. The Korea Telecommunications Operators Association (KTOA) said the nation’s mobile networks recorded an [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks had topped 20 million as of November for the first time since the service was commercialized in 2019, data showed Monday. The total number of 5G users reached 20.19 million in November last year, accounting for around 28 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks topped 16 million as of June, data showed Thursday, as subscriptions to the latest generation networks continued to grow despite a lack of new flagship 5G phones. The total number of 5G users reached 16.47 million in June, accounting for [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 6 million South Koreans were subscribed to 5G mobile networks as of April, a year after the country adopted the service, government data showed Monday. The number of 5G users in the nation reached 6.34 million as of the end of April, up 7.8 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s first commercial 5G services are expanding their presence in South Korea, with the number of users of the faster mobile networks rising at an eye-popping pace since their launch in April. But local carriers face the daunting task of improving service quality to meet the high expectations [...]