US dismisses South Korea’s launch of world-first 5G network as ‘stunt’
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#4CFEQ)
Half a dozen celebrities were the first to experience the service, carriers say
South Korea has claimed it beat the US by a matter of hours to become the first country to roll out a super-fast 5G mobile network, which allows users to download entire movies almost instantaneously.
Three South Korean carriers - SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus - launched 5G services at 11pm local time on Wednesday, according to media reports, but only for a handful of celebrities in what their US rival dismissed as a publicity stunt.
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