​KUWAIT, June 5 (KUNA) – Smart phone users and the local telecommunications industry would soon reap the benefits of the fifth-generation data wireless technology (5G), said a Kuwait official on Tuesday.

The 5G Wireless Systems, with the ability to transmit 10 or more gigabytes per second in its initial stages of use, represent an epoch in the history of technology, Salem Al- Ozainah, the chairman of Kuwait's Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA), said in a statement on Tuesday.

He revealed that 5G will use additional spectrum in the existing LTE frequency range and new Millimeter wave bands (24-86 GHz), which can support data rates of up to 20 gigabits per second.

Al-Ozainah went on to say that CITRA welcomes such cutting- edge technology that would prove instrumental in transforming Kuwait into an ultimate tech hub.​