The common obtain velocity on the high-speed community from the nation’s three main cellular carriers — SK Telecom, KT Corp and LG Uplus Corp — stood at 690.47 megabits per second (Mbps) within the second half of the yr, up 33.91 Mbps from the primary half, in response to information from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
SK Telecom had the quickest common obtain velocity at 795.57 Mbps, adopted by KT at 667.48 Mbps and LG Uplus at 608.49 Mbps.
The nation’s common 4G LTE obtain velocity reached 153.1 Mbps, greater than 4 occasions slower than the typical 5G velocity, studies Yonhap information company.
The ministry publishes information on cellular community high quality biannually to encourage community funding by cellular carriers.
South Korea was the primary nation to commercialise 5G in April final yr and has rapidly constructed up a big 5G consumer base of practically 10 million as of end-October, round 14 p.c of the nation’s complete 70 million cellular subscriptions.
The community, nonetheless, has confronted high quality points, resembling restricted protection and slower-than-expected speeds, prompting greater than half 1,000,000 5G customers to modify to 4G LTE by means of August this yr, in response to Rep. Hong Jung-min of the ruling Democratic Get together.
The newest report discovered that the community’s high quality and accessibility improved in comparison with the primary half of the yr.
South Korea at present gives the non-standalone model of 5G, requiring assist from 4G LTE.
South Korea is aiming for nationwide 5G protection by 2022, and the three main carriers have promised to spend as much as 25.7 trillion received ($24 billion) in complete to replace community infrastructure by that yr.
