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...