SKT, KT to present cutting-edge mobile technology at MWC

With the opening of the world’s largest cell tech demonstrate just a 7 days absent, South Korea’s main telecommunications companies including SK Telecom and KT Corp. are poised to showcase their potential systems.

Korea’s No. 1 cellular carrier SK Telecom explained Sunday it will work an exhibition space at the annual Mobile Earth Congress in Barcelona, Spain, beneath the theme of “AI, the Wave of Innovation.” The enterprise will showcase its ground breaking future systems like artificial intelligence, urban air mobility and 6G support. It also options to increase world partnerships there.

SKT, which is evolving into an AI business, will introduce a large variety of AI solutions which include its hyperscale AI design A. (A dot), AI chip Sapeon and AI site support Litmus. It will also prepare a lifetime-scale urban air mobility simulator with a reservation and ticketing services on its built-in mobile system Tmap to permit visitors to pretty much experience innovative long run mobility.

SKT CEO Ryu Young-sang is scheduled to current the company’s vision as an AI organization and boost partnerships with worldwide tech companies in a wide range of company parts this sort of as AI, metaverse and telecommunications.

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-gained is “considering” attending the MWC for the initial time, according to the team officials. Whilst market resources predicted that the SK chief will participate to guidance the group’s cell company unit’s AI services, SK officers declined to remark further on his prepare.

“As we accelerate our journey to grow to be an AI business, we’ll showcase our innovation expert services created with up coming-technology facts and communications technological innovation together with AI, metaverse and 6G,” Ryu stated. “This year’s MWC will be an option for SK Telecom’s technologies and companies to enter the global market correctly.”

KT will display screen its electronic transformation know-how and the company’s electronic communications, or “Digico,” approach-based products and services. The wireless provider will function a booth with a motif of “whales,” elements that signify decisive alternatives in KT Studio Genie’s co-created hit drama “Extraordinary Legal professional Woo” to demonstrate the DX globe that KT will generate, the officials reported.

The telecommunications large will introduce technologies of the AI investigate portal Genie Labs and electronic expertise products and services of its affiliated providers these as BC Card and KT Studio Genie. In addition to answers, platforms and autonomous driving technologies, a supply robot that is able of cooling and heating methods will also be displayed.

KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo will also supply a keynote speech on the matter of “Is it Time for Co-Development?” at the trade exhibit as a board member of the event’s arranging association, Groupe Speciale Cell Association. He will present illustrations of KT’s partnerships in the course of action of transforming the enterprise from a telecommunications-oriented firm to a Digico-oriented a person.

The country’s 3rd-most significant wi-fi carrier LG Uplus, nevertheless, scrapped its plan to set up its first booth at MWC. Also, its CEO Hwang Hyeon-sik canceled his excursion to this year’s convention to respond to the ongoing controversy encompassing the company’s knowledge breaches and network support outages caused by denial-of-company assaults below, in accordance to LG Uplus.

“Instead of (the CEO) checking world-wide telecommunications developments at the MWC, government-stage employees who are in cost of community products and services, organization tactic and know-how sectors will be there to seek out ties with worldwide companions,” an LG formal told The Korea Herald. “We’re arranging to observe the global ICT tendencies and verify the long run new advancement engine as a result of the party.”

The approaching MWC is slated to choose place from Feb. 27 to March 2, with some 1,900 providers from 160 countries collaborating. This year’s occasion will emphasis on the hottest developments in cell engineering, from smartphones and fifth-generation and sixth-era networks to immersive technology and fintech services.

By Jie Ye-eun ([email protected])