SK Telecom completes first 5G call with Samsung commercial equipment

News Wireless Korea, Republic of 15 OCT 2018
SK Telecom completes first 5G call with Samsung commercial equipment
South Korean operator SK Telecom, in cooperation with Samsung Electronics, has completed the first 5G call using the 3GPP 5G Non-standalone (NSA) new radio (NR) standard and commercial 5G NR equipment that can be readily applied in a commercial 5G network. The call took place at SK Telecom's 5G testbed in its Bundang office building. The first 5G NSA-NR calls were achieved by using services that SK Telecom and Samsung jointly developed and built for the trial on 3.5GHz 5G NR radio, 4G LTE radio and NSA core. 

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Mobile

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Samsung,  SK Telecom

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Korea, Republic of

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