South Korea Gets World's Fastest 4G Network; Double the Speed of United States LTE

South Korea is set to experience the fastest 4G LTE speeds courtesy of SK Telecom, according to CNET.

SK Telecom made the announcement Wednesday, saying it would be providing the country with the first LTE-Advanced network in the world. This is a faster LTE than the network used in the United States.

The advanced network has data transfer speeds of about 150 Mbps—double the speed of 4GLTE in the United States and in other locations, and 10 times quicker than 3G, according to SK Telecom.

"By supporting twice faster speeds than LTE, LTE-A will not only enhance customers' satisfaction in network quality, but also give birth to new mobile value added services that can bring innovative changes to our customers' lives," SK Telecom President of Network Business Operations Park In-sik said through a statement.

SK Telecom said they were able to create the faster transfer speeds by using a process called carrier aggregation. Carrier aggregation is the combining of two frequency bands to produce greater bandwidth. The company said it sees carrier aggregation as the method by which speeds of up to 500Mpbs will be achieved. The mobile service provider said these speeds could be reached by 2015.

SK Telecom has partnered with Samsung to create a phone that will run on the speedy network, the Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced. The phone was announced in mid-June and photos of the phone leaked across the web.

Although the major U.S. mobile service providers—Verizon, AT&T and Sprint—have discussed plans to debut a 4G LTE Advanced network, SK Telecom is the first to do so.

If the Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced is successful it could be brought to the United States. For now, those in the U.S. will have to stick with the non-advanced 4G LTE.