5G subscribers represented 9.4% of Korean telco LG Uplus’ overall mobile subscriber base at the end of the first quarter, the telco said in its earnings release.
The carrier said that 5G subscribers amounted to 1.45 million at the end of Q1 2020, up 24.9% compared to the previous quarter.
The operator reported a total of 15.51 million mobile subscribers as of the end of March, up compared to 14.4 million customers at end-March 2019.
LG Uplus, together with rival operators SK Telecom and KT, launched commercial 5G services in Korea in April 2019.
