The defining theme of South Korea’s policy making, at least from the perspective of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), the body in charge of spectrum management, is to establish consensus. Read more...

A key objective of South Korea’s recent spectrum policy culminated in the symbolic launch of commercial 5G mobile services by the country’s three operators simultaneously on the same day (3 April). A national effort between government and industry was seen to bear fruit, as the country narrowly beat the US… Read more...

Legend Population density (People per km2)  <1  1-5  5-25  25- 250  250-1000  >1000  Read more...

A mobile broadband pioneer, South Korea completed a major spectrum auction in 2018, but has no medium-term plans for future awards. Read more...