Adopted as a 5G standard at the General Assembly of Information and Communications Standards after a three-month review by the Technical and Steering Committees
It is expected to be utilized by companies and academia to develop various 5G technologies and services using 28GHz.

KT announced on the 28th that its 'Pyeongchang 5G standard' was adopted as a standard at the 91st General Assembly of Information and Communication Standards held at the Telecommunication Technology Association (TTA) in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si.

The Korea Information and Communications Technology Association is an information and communications standards organization established in 1988 to promote national economic development and the information and communications (ICT) industry and technology. To date, it has established and distributed over 15,000 standards.



The Pyeongchang 5G standard is the world's first 5G standard, developed starting in November 2015 and completed in June 2016 by the '5G Special Interest Group (5G SIG)' formed by KT with global companies including Samsung, Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm, and Intel. It satisfies the key requirements for 5G services defined by the ITU, such as low latency and high speed.

KT proposed the Pyeongchang 5G standard as one of the standardization projects to the Korea Information and Communications Technology Association in March 2017 to promote the 5G pilot service to be showcased in Pyeongchang in 2018 and to revitalize the 5G industry in Korea. A KT official explained that it was adopted as a standard at the 91st General Assembly of Information and Communication Standards after undergoing a review by the Technical Committee and Steering Committee of the Korea Information and Communication Technology Association for about three months.

The Pyeongchang 5G standard, which has been adopted as South Korea's first 5G standard, is expected to be utilized by domestic and international companies and academia to develop and verify various 5G-related technologies and application services using the millimeter wave band (28GHz), including 5G pilot services conducted domestically, until 2020 when the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) completes the establishment of 5G standards.

Jeon Hong-beom, Executive Vice President of the Infrastructure Research Institute at KT Convergence Technology Institute, stated, “With the adoption of the PyeongChang 5G standard, a foundation has been laid for the expansion of the Korean 5G industry,” adding, “Based on the PyeongChang 5G standard, KT will showcase successful 5G services in 2018 and subsequently lead the development of technologies for 5G commercialization.”

Meanwhile, the core technologies of the PyeongChang 5G standard have been finally reflected in the 5G report of the 'Tests of Technology Building Blocks' project of the 'Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN),' which began operations in November 2016, and are scheduled to be submitted to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) following the NGMN board meeting held in Shanghai, China on the 28th.