South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has opened a testing facility for products that run on 5G networks to help local companies check whether their connected devices are working.
The country earmarked 19.8 billion won from 2019 to 2023 to develop the testing center in Gumi.
So far, the country has established infrastructure for products that require support from 4G LTE, but the ministry would introduce standalone 5G infrastructure this year.
KT Corp. aims to soon deploy testbeds for standalone 5G, which features improved latency.
South Korea's 5G users reached 15.8 million, accounting for 22 percent of the total 71 million mobile subscriptions, as of the end of May.


Gold Prices Edge Higher as Dollar Weakens Ahead of Fed Minutes
Asian Currencies Rise as Dollar Hovers Near Multi-Month Lows
Oil Prices Rise as US-Iran Tensions Renew Strait of Hormuz Supply Fears
US Dollar Holds Steady as Fed Rate Bets and Iran Tensions Drive Markets
Alphabet’s SpaceX Investment Soars 100-Fold to $94 Billion
Wall Street Falls as Oil Prices Rise, Fed Minutes and Retail Earnings in Focus
AstraZeneca Halts Phase III Volrustomig Lung Cancer Trial After Efficacy Setback
Paramount Skydance Clears Regulatory Hurdles for Warner Bros. Discovery Deal
Asian Chip Stocks Plunge as Bond Yields Fuel AI Valuation Fears
Gold Prices Slide as Treasury Yields Surge, Fed Minutes in Focus
UK Inflation Rises to 2.9% in July as Energy Costs Climb
Dollar Slides as Soft U.S. Data Cuts Fed Rate Hike Bets
Oil Prices Rise as Iran-U.S. Tensions Threaten Strait of Hormuz Supply
OpenAI Tightens AI Safety Monitoring After Security Incidents
European Stocks Slide as Iran War Escalation Sends Oil Higher
Anthropic Eyes $10B-Plus Credit Line Ahead of Potential IPO 



