KT to launch trial service of 5G mobile network for 2018 Winter Olympics

By Park Sae-jin Posted : November 8, 2016, 15:52 Updated : November 8, 2016, 15:52

[Aju News DB]


KT Corp., a South Korean broadband Internet and telephone company, said Tuesday it would launch a trial service of its new ultra-fast telecom technology for a 5G mobile network during the 2018 Winter Olympics in the eastern ski resort of Pyeongchang.

KT unveiled technological standards for its 5G service, based on the 28GHz wireless spectrum. The company said its 5G service could transmit data about 100 times faster than 4G networks.

Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Intel have been involved the development of 5G standards. KT aims to begin a commercial service of the 5G network in 2019 following a trial service for the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.

Last month KT opened a cloud data service center for Pyeongchang. It plans to pass its know-how, software, network infrastructure to the operators of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Aju News Lim Chang-won = cwlim34@ajunews.com


 
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