South Korean, US telcos roll out 5G services early as race heats up

South Korea’s three mobile carriers and top US telco Verizon Communications commercially launched 5G services on Wednesday, ahead of their initial schedules, as they rushed for the first spot in the race to roll out the latest wireless technology.

SK Telecom and two smaller carriers had planned to initially launch 5G in South Korea on Friday with Samsung Electronics’ new 5G-enabled smartphone Galaxy S10.