South Korea ended May with a total of 15.84 million 5G subscribers, local newspaper Korea Herald reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
5G subscribers at the end of May accounted for 22% of the total 71.45 million mobile subscriptions in the country, according to the report.
The country’s largest carrier, SK Telecom, ended May with a total of 7.39 million subscribers in the 5G segment, followed by KT with 4.8 million and LG Uplus with 3.6 million.
According to the report, the growth in terms of 5G subscribers in recent months had experienced a slowdown due to the lack of new flagship devices. Samsung Electronics, the top Korean smartphone maker, is expected to launch its new foldable smartphones in August.
