{"id":18329,"date":"2019-04-04T15:19:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T09:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/?p=18329"},"modified":"2019-04-04T15:19:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T09:49:05","slug":"much-awaited-5g-services-live-now-us-south-korea-lead-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/technology\/much-awaited-5g-services-live-now-us-south-korea-lead-the-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Much-awaited 5G Services Live Now! US, South Korea Lead the Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do you know 5G mobile services are live now?<\/strong><\/p>\n
Standing ahead in the race, US and South Korea have officially launched the world\u2019s first-ever smartphone 5G services on April 03, 2019.<\/p>\n
South Korea\u2019s SK Telecom, along with two other smaller carriers, and US-based Verizon announced their 5G services, ahead of their initial schedules.<\/p>\n
While SK Telecom had planned to do so with Samsung\u2019s new 5G-enabled smartphone on April 05, 2019, Verizon had scheduled it for April 11, 2019.<\/p>\n
South Korea\u2019s SK Telecom CEO Launching 5G Services<\/p><\/div>\n
A Race To High-speed Networks<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Countries such as US, South Korea, Japan and China have been in the serious race for the launch of launch 5G services.<\/p>\n
While South Korea claims to be the first country to launch 5G services, US carriers say they rolled out the services already in limited areas in early 2018.<\/p>\n
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Though the US-based AT&T launched the first \u2018commercial and standards-based\u2019 5G network in December 2018, the service remained limited only to mobile hotspot devices.<\/p>\n
After internal discussions and network and customer readiness, our company has decided to launch the 5G service early, informed SK Telecom spokeswoman.<\/p>\n
The entry of 5G mobile services is expected to be a major breakthrough in smart cities\u2019 mission and development of autonomous automobiles.<\/p>\n
With more than 20-times faster data speeds compared to 4G LTE networks, the 5G technology can offer up to 100-times faster speeds while supporting market-leading advancements like Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality with low latency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you know 5G mobile services are live now? Standing ahead in the race, US and…<\/span><\/p>\n