South Korea is investing $1.5 billion to build out a 5G mobile network by 2020 to further its leadership in mobile technology adoption. The nation's science ministry's plan for a 5G network trial in 2017 and full rollout by 2020 aims to keep Korea at the forefront of mobile infrastructure development after leading earlier transitions to 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. South Korea currently has the world's fastest average internet speeds and highest rates of internet and smartphone use.

2. Project conceived and supervised by Joshua Flannery,
UNSW Innovations.
Email: j.Flannery@unsw.edu.au

9. South Koreahasled in mobile adoption since the 1990s.
Now they are spending $1.5 billion on a"5G" net work to upgrade
Korea’smobile infrastructure.The term ismostly aslogan for now,
but the tech will come.
The nation'sscience ministry'splan isrealistically measured.A trial
5Gnetwork isdue to be rolled out in 2017,with full rollout in 2020.
The world’sfastest Internet connection speed
- measured at 23 Mbit/s
- over 40%faster than the next ranked country
- six timesfaster than the world average of 3.8 Mbit/s
- more than twice asfast asthe United States
Cutting-edge technology in KOREA
CommutersusingtheirmobiledevicesonLine5ofSeoul’ssubway
CreditDavidGuttenfelder/NationalGeographicCreative,forTheNewYorkTimes
CNN,http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/22/tech/mobile/south-korea-5g/
KakaoTalk isafree mobile Instant messaging
application for smartphoneswith free text and
free call features.
It waslaunched in 2010 and currently has140
million usersand isavailable in 15 languages,
used in over 230 countries.The app isalso used
by 93%of smartphone ownersin South Korea.
"Wehelpedfuel national growth with 2Gservicesin the1990s,3Gin the2000s
and4Garound2010.Now it istimetotakepreemptiveaction todevelop5G,"
the Korea'sscience ministry said.
82.7%
of South Koreans
use the Internet
78.5%
of the nation's
population ison
smartphones
97.7%
18-24 year olds
and it'sclose to
full saturation

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