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smart city technologies , including IoT networks , autonomous vehicles and increasingly powerful AI apps .
According to Gauhyun Lee , Manager of Business Development at NearthLab , the people in Seoul are “ very used to and naturally accept the introduction of cutting edge technologies in their day to day lives ”. Essentially , this has made the city into the world ’ s biggest 5G test bed , a phenomenon spurred on by the presence of the country ’ s biggest tech conglomerates like Samsung , SK and KT , all of which have headquarters in or around the metropolitan area . SK Telecom in particular has a target of reaching average download speeds of 7 / GBps over the course of the year .
Startups - both domestic and foreign - are also flocking to Seoul , looking to make the most of one of the planet ’ s most connected cities .
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