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5G Mobile Proxies in South Korea

5G SA sessions with IPv6 dual-stack and sub-30ms RAN latency. Narrow but real — used by AI teams that need eval paths matching the mobile networks their downstream product will deploy on.

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Pool type
Live 5G SA + NSA SIMs
Countries
US, UK, DE, JP, SG (expanding)
IP version
IPv4 + IPv6 dual-stack
RAN latency
< 30ms typical
Protocols
HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
Uptime SLA
99.5%

South Korea · 5G Mobile

Korean 5G mobile proxies — the most advanced 5G eval surface globally

Why Korean 5G matters specifically

South Korea has the most production-hardened 5G deployment globally:

  • All three carriers (SK Telecom, KT, LG U+) launched 5G commercially in 2019 — 6+ years of operational hardening
  • 5G SA (standalone) subscriber share exceeds 25% as of 2025
  • Network slicing in production use for enterprise and consumer services
  • Korea consistently leads in 5G uplink performance benchmarks

For AI workloads that want to evaluate behaviour on a realistic-for-2027 5G network, KR 5G is the reference.

Specific use cases

  1. Ultra-low-latency AI path eval. KR 5G to ap-northeast-2 (Seoul) lands at ~10-30ms p50. Among the shortest cellular-to-cloud paths in production anywhere.

  2. 5G SA network-slicing eval. Testing whether a model API responds differently when reached via a 5G SA slice vs. NR-NSA fallback. Relevant for AI apps targeting enterprise 5G connectivity.

  3. Korean-language + 5G cellular compound signal. Some model APIs treat Korean-language + cellular-origin distinctly. Measuring this delta requires actual KR 5G origin; simulating it from cloud doesn't work.

  4. APAC regional 5G AI eval. Korea + Japan are the APAC anchors for cellular-5G evaluation; cross-country comparison within APAC typically spans both.

Carrier differentiation

  • SK Telecom (AS9644) — largest mobile share, most advanced 5G SA feature set
  • KT — meaningful enterprise-5G footprint
  • LG U+ — strong in specific metro areas; growing 5G share

Each announces under distinct CG-NAT ranges; X-Squad-Carrier pins per-carrier.

Realistic cost shape

KR 5G bandwidth is metered at a premium over 4G. For AI workloads that don't specifically need 5G characteristics, KR 4G or residential is cheaper. Use the 5G pool where the 5G-specific path is the point.

See Korea country page and 5G mobile proxy class.

What 5G actually changes

Most "5G proxy" marketing is 4G LTE with a 5G SIM slapped on a non-standalone network. There's a real distinction worth making:

  • 5G NSA (non-standalone). Uses the LTE core with a 5G radio. Latency behaves like 4G. Most "5G" plans in the US, UK, and large parts of Europe are NSA as of early 2026.
  • 5G SA (standalone). Uses the 5G core. Sub-30ms RAN latency is achievable, edge compute integrations are possible, and network slicing is real. Commercial SA coverage is patchy but expanding.

SquadProxy runs both. When you request 5G exit, you can pin to SA where the carrier supports it.

When 5G is the right AI tool

  • Latency-critical eval. Voice AI, real-time agent eval, and streaming model-response benchmarks where the mobile-path latency matters to the measurement.
  • IPv6 path testing. A growing fraction of 5G traffic is IPv6-primary. If your eval targets advertise different content or apply different routing on IPv6 (some mobile-first social platforms do), you need a real IPv6 mobile origin.
  • Mobile-first model agent evaluation. Evaluating how an AI agent behaves on a mobile network-typical path — retries, TCP behaviour, TLS resumption — from within that network.

Where 5G is wrong

  • SquadProxy collection at any meaningful scale. Mobile bandwidth economics make 5G unviable for TB-scale training-corpus work.
  • Cost-sensitive long-session eval. 5G sessions cost roughly the same per minute as 4G. The premium goes on latency. If your eval is tolerant of 100–200ms, use 4G or ISP.

Coverage

  • US — Verizon and T-Mobile 5G SA in major metros. AT&T 5G NSA.
  • UK — EE 5G SA (where deployed), Vodafone 5G, Three 5G.
  • Germany — Deutsche Telekom 5G SA, Vodafone DE 5G.
  • Japan — NTT Docomo 5G SA, KDDI au, SoftBank, Rakuten.
  • Singapore — Singtel 5G SA, StarHub 5G.

Other markets are 4G-only for now. We'll expand as SA rollouts reach stable commercial coverage.

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Pricing

Pricing for South Korea 5g mobile

Every plan includes the South Korea 5g mobile pool — Live 5G SA + NSA SIMs of coverage, with sticky sessions up to 60 minutes.

Solo

For individual researchers running evaluation scripts and prototype RAG pipelines.

$149/ month

or $1,430/year (save 20%)

50 GB residential · unlimited datacenter · 200 concurrent sessions

  • ✓Access to all 5 exit classes · 10 focus countries
  • ✓50 GB residential · unlimited datacenter
  • ✓5 static ISP IPs · 5 GB 4G mobile
  • ✓1 seat · 200 concurrent sessions
  • ✓Python + Node SDK + REST API
  • ✓Per-request metering (not time-based)
  • ✓Email support (24h response, business days)
  • ✓Overage: $3/GB residential · $6/GB mobile
Start with Solo

Best for

  • Solo researchers
  • Evaluation scripts
  • Prototype RAG

Team

Most popular

For AI startups and mid-size labs splitting capacity between training and evaluation.

$699/ month

or $6,710/year (save 20%)

500 GB residential · unlimited datacenter · 1,000 concurrent sessions

  • ✓Access to all 5 exit classes · 10 focus countries
  • ✓500 GB residential · unlimited datacenter
  • ✓25 static ISP IPs · 25 GB 4G mobile
  • ✓10 seats ($29/mo per extra seat) · 1,000 concurrent sessions
  • ✓City-level geo-routing + ASN targeting
  • ✓99.9% uptime SLA
  • ✓Priority Slack support (4h response, business hours)
  • ✓Python + Node SDK + REST API + webhooks
  • ✓Overage: $3/GB residential · $6/GB mobile
Start with Team

Best for

  • AI startups
  • Mid-size labs
  • Model eval teams

Lab

For academic labs, eval consortia, and frontier model companies running sustained workloads.

$2,999/ month

or $28,790/year (save 20%)

2 TB residential · unlimited DC · 50 GB 4G + 20 GB 5G · 3,000 concurrent sessions

  • ✓Access to all 5 exit classes · 10 countries on 4 continents
  • ✓2 TB residential · unlimited datacenter
  • ✓100 static ISP IPs · 50 GB 4G + 20 GB 5G mobile
  • ✓50 seats ($19/mo per extra seat) · 3,000 concurrent sessions
  • ✓Dedicated gateway lane (bypasses shared-pool queues on us-east-1 + eu-west-1)
  • ✓99.95% uptime SLA
  • ✓Dedicated Slack channel (1h response, business hours)
  • ✓Custom BGP prefix on request (additional fees apply)
  • ✓Overage: $2.50/GB residential · $5/GB mobile
Start with Lab

Best for

  • Academic labs
  • Large eval consortia
  • Frontier model companies

Enterprise

Custom contracts with dedicated infrastructure, volume pricing, and research-grade SLAs.

Custom pricing

Custom (from 5 TB/mo residential) · unlimited concurrent sessions

  • ✓Volume pricing from 5 TB/mo residential
  • ✓Dedicated BGP prefix + ASN announcement
  • ✓Unlimited concurrent sessions · unlimited seats
  • ✓99.99% uptime SLA with financial credits
  • ✓Named Technical Account Manager + 24/7 on-call paging
  • ✓Custom AUP, DPA, on-site deployment option
  • ✓Research / academic discount (30–50% off Team or Lab)
  • ✓Annual contract · wire, ACH, USDC/USDT/BTC settlement
Contact research team

Best for

  • Frontier labs
  • Eval consortia
  • Enterprise AI

All plans include 14-day refund, single endpoint with regional failover, HTTP(S) + SOCKS5 on every exit class, access to all 5 exit classes and all 10 focus countries, and Python + Node SDKs. Concurrent sessions = simultaneous TCP sessions through the gateway. Overage warnings fire at 80% and 100%; traffic continues only if overage billing is enabled on your account.

FAQ

South Korea 5G Mobile FAQ

  • Are these really 5G Mobile proxies in South Korea?
    Yes — the exits in this pool announce from the South Korea ASNs we list on the country page (KT (AS4766), SK Broadband (AS9318)) and route through our Asia edge. You can verify ASN and carrier on every request.
  • What session lengths can I hold on South Korea 5G Mobile?
    Per-request rotation is the default. Sticky sessions are supported up to 60 minutes via the X-Squad-Session header. For anything longer, use our ISP pool instead.
  • Is targeting down to a city available on South Korea 5G Mobile?
    Yes, via X-Squad-City. Pool depth varies by city — the deepest are Seoul, Busan, Incheon. Smaller cities are served but have thinner concurrency.
  • Any legal or compliance notes specific to South Korea?
    South Korea governs data collection under the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), substantially revised in 2023 to add automated-decision rights and tighten cross-border transfer rules. The Copyright Act contains a TDM exception in Article 35-5 added in 2022, narrower than the Japanese Article 30-4 equivalent — notably requiring that the purpose be non-recreational and not unreasonably prejudice rights-holders' interests. The Act on Promotion of AI (2025 legislative cycle) is tracked by the PIPC. Enforcement precedents around training-data collection are still developing, but scraping of personal data without lawful basis has attracted administrative penalties.

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