The long-awaited global standard for mobile 5G will be completed this week, as Samsung announced today that it’s currently hosting the final meeting of multiple 5G working groups in Busan, South Korea. Running from May 21 to May 25, the meeting brings together 1,500 experts to decide which technologies will be commercialized in 5G, ahead of next month’s official approval by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in the United States. Standards experts from across the world have been working under the auspices of the 3GPP for years to determine the technical and performance characteristics of 5G. Qualcomm hastened the process last year, pushing for an early agreement on the so-called 5G Non-Standalone standard that would be used in 5G network hardware. The “Christmas present” agreement quickly led to announcements of “fixed 5G” hardware and spurred dozens of companies to start work on portable 5G devices. This week’s 3GPP conference will complete the 5G Standalone standard for “mobile 5G” devices, bringing together wireless carriers and vendors of cellular chipsets, handsets, and equipment. Once both the fixed and mobile standards have been finalized, the 3GPP will approve the overall “5G phase-1” standard at a June meeting in the U.S.