5G commercialization and trials in Korea

Kim et al discuss the commercialization and trials of 5G in South Korea as of April 2020. Since Korea has a limited ICT research and development fund compared to other IT global countries, its strategy was essential to achieve its global competence in each generation of mobile communication. Just after the rollout of the world's first 5G service, the government took the next step by announcing the 5G + strategy to promote the 5G application to a wide-ranging industry and create a sustainable 5G ecosystem leading to new growth engines. They focus on the government-industry 5G collaborations, including the R and D roadmap and promotion to the 5G commercialization, the global collaboration, the first 5G experience, and 5G vertical trials to make the 5G-enabled industrial transformation take place in Korea.