South Korea's 5G download speed and overall quality improved in the second half of the year compared to the first half of 2020. Average download speeds on the SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus networks increased to 690.47 Mbps in the second half of the year, up 33.91 Mbps from the first half, Business Insider reports, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The report also shows SK Telecom had the fastest average download speed at 795.57 Mbps, followed by KT (667.48 Mbps) and LG Uplus (608.49 Mbps).
Average 4G LTE download speeds in South Korea currently stand at 153.1 Mbps, reports Yonhap news agency. South Korea was the first country to commercially launch 5G services in April 2019 and has expanded its 5G user base to 10 million in October 2020, which accounts for 14 percent of the country's total 70 million mobile subscribers.
