going to commercially launch 5G in Guam and the CNMI by the end of 2019 ,” recalls Boss . “ I kind of took that as a personal challenge . I said “ if they ’ re going to launch before the end of the year , we ’ re not going to be beat .” DOCOMO PACIFIC launched its fixed network 5G services in Guam in October , and Boss explains that the company is set to follow up with a mobile 5G service in the near future . “ We actually launched ahead of NTT DOCOMO in Japan ,” he says . Given the early adoption stage of the technology , and the world class nature of DOCOMO PACIFIC ’ s extant 4G / LTE network – which he notes consistently achieves 70-80 mbps speeds – Boss explains that he isn ’ t planning to cover Guam ’ s entire 549 km ² of land . Rather , DOCOMO PACIFIC has established three major hot spots in the island ’ s busiest villages . “ The rest of that deployment schedule will be defined by the market and driven by demand , not the other way round ,” he states .
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