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S.Korean carrier SK Telecom tops 5G download speed globally
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IANS | 23 Sep, 2022
SK
Telecom, South Korea's largest wireless carrier, ranked No 1 in terms
of download speed of 5G networks globally, an industry report showed on
Friday.
According to global mobile industry tracker
Opensignal, the average download speed using SK Telecom's 5G network was
recorded at 469.6 megabits per second (Mbps), 2.55 times faster than
the 184.2 Mbps average among global mobile carriers.
LG Uplus,
the country's third-largest mobile carrier, ranked second, with 429.6
Mbps, followed by Bulgaria's Vivacom Inc., Tele2 AB of Sweden and KT
Corp. of South Korea.
In terms of 5G upload speed, SK Telecom was
ranked seventh, and LG Uplus came in at 16th place. SK Telecom, KT and
LG Uplus took the top three spots in terms of 5G gaming experience, the
report showed.
South Korea, which has a population of 52 million,
first commercialised 5G networks in April 2019 and has, so far, secured
5G coverage across its 85 cities.
The total number of 5G
subscribers in South Korea reached nearly 24 million in May, according
to data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
South Korean
telecom operators currently provide 5G services via NonStandalone 5G
networks, which depend on previous 4G LTE networks, according to
reports.
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