A new mobile carrier is at the center of attention in Korea, while skepticism remains high over the ability of the new telecom company to meet the government s expectations of promoting competition in the country’s highly monopolized mobile carrier market.
A local consortium was selected as the new operator of the 28 gigahertz (GHz) band of the fifth-generation network (5G) in South Korea on Wednesday, the science ministry said, becoming the country s fourth mobile carrier.