South Korea launched the world's first nationwide 5G mobile network on 11 pm April 3rd, 2019.
Details:
- Three top telecom providers SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus launched the 5G services.
- South Korea launched the 5G services two days ahead of the schedule as there were speculations that US mobile carrier Verizon might start its 5G services early.
- Verizon began rolling out its 5G services in Chicago and Minneapolis on April 3rd, a week ahead of schedule.
- Reports suggest the 5G network in South Korea has launched in South Korea two hours ahead of the US.
Benefits of 5G Network:
- 5G will provide smartphones with near-instantaneous connectivity, 20 times faster than 4G.
- This allows users to download entire movies in less than a second.
- 5G will deliver vastly increased capacity, lower latency, and faster speeds.
- 5G networks will operate in a high-frequency band between 28 GHz and 60 GHz.
- This range is known as the millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum and the sub-6 GHz range that LTE calls home will also be used.
- As a result, a lot of bandwidth will be available to users.
- In addition to greater bandwidth, the new 5G networks will have a dense, distributed network of base stations in the small cell infrastructure.
- This will allow more processing to happen on the edge, leading to lower latencies.
- The 5G technology is crucial for the future development of devices such as self-driving vehicles and is expected to bring about $565 billion in global economic benefits by 2034.
Question:
Q. Which country has launched the world's first nationwide 5G mobile network on April 3rd, 2019?- South Korea
- Japan
- China
- Taiwan
