South Korea is celebrating the world's first launch of commercial fifth-generation or 5G services... with the country's major mobile carriers opening the services to their VVIP customers first. <br />Kim Hyo-sun tells us more. <br />South Korean mobile carriers commercially launched 5G services at 11 p.m. on Wednesday. <br />The nation's three major mobile carriers - SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus - celebrated the world's first launch of a consumer 5G network.<br />South Korea was also the first country to launch a 5G network for corporate use in December last year. <br />The nation's top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, provided 5G services to its honorary ambassadors - K-pop boy band EXO, former Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na, professional gamer Lee Sang-hyeok, para swimmer Yun Sung-hyuk and its loyal customer Park Jae-won, who has been a subscriber to the carrier for 31 years. <br />"We are introducing 5G infrastructure, VR and AR, but future services will be far better than the current VR and AR." <br />KT and LG Uplus also began 5G services with the latter celebrating the inauguration of its services with a power blogger.<br />KT aims to introduce a cheaper 5G data plan compared to its current LTE plan.<br />"We will provide unlimited data services with an unlimited data roaming package when travelling overseas." <br />While South Korea originally planned to introduce the services on Friday,... the date was brought forward amid speculation U.S. mobile carrier Verizon may begin its 5G services on Thursday.<br />Beginning Friday, the public can subscribe to the 5G network,... which offers 20 times faster data speeds than 4G long-term evolution networks. <br />The "Korea 5G Day," an event co-organized by the public and private sectors will be held on April 8th to celebrate the world's first launch of the 5G network. <br />Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News. <br />
