South Korea has something more than 71 million mobile subscribers. It also now has more than 16 million 5G accounts in service according to the Yonhap News Agency, or about 22.5 percent of total mobile accounts.
That puts 5G adoption in the “early majority” phase of adoption, and past the “early adopter” stage.
Historically, it has taken about seven to eight years before the latest mobile next-generation network serves 40 percent or so of total customers, on a global basis. Some countries--including South Korea--will achieve 50-percent adoption much more quickly, however.
Customers buying 4G in the U.S. and Japan markets reached 50 percent in four to five years, for example. If 4G provides the model for 5G in Western Europe, the adoption rate will be slower than in the United States and Japan, reaching 50 percent in some markets in seven to 10 years.
If so, some Western European 5G markets will hit 50-percent adoption just as 6G might be rolling out in early markets.
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