Monday, April 3, 2017

SKT, the US ∙ European No. 1 mobile carrier and leading 5G cooperation



And greatly enhance the [South Korea ohahreum financial newspaper reporter] SK Telecom, US carriers Verizon and No. 1 in Europe No. 1 mobile carrier Deutsche telrekomreul each meeting 5G global technology leader and a global partnership for New ICT ecosystem composition.

Lowell Mac Adam (Lowell McAdam) Chairman (President and CEO), such as Verizon's most senior executives three days after visiting SK Telecom 5G Innovation Center of material per minute to meet SK Telecom Park Jeongho, president 5G ∙ Cooperation expansion in Connected Car ∙ IoT and other fields the discussed.

Wednesday night, President Mac Adam, President △ 5G technology standardization ∙ 5G virtualization technology cooperation △ 5G-based autonomous association 5GAA (5G Automotive Association) solutions, joint development and standardization leading △ such as IoT platform, the two companies have interaction in and it It had intensive discussions with the advantage of such a joint business development.

SK Telecom in August 2016, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding bar for Verizon and 5G standards and collaboration. At the time, SK Telecom choejinseong attended the Global Technical Director and Verizon Roger or your vice president and chief technology professionals committed to the partnership for 5G mobile network standardization and joint research and development, this time meant to embody the two companies CEO in person to increase the cooperation level more collected.

It should also strengthen cooperation in the 5G Connected Car technology leader. The companies 5GAA (5G Automotive Association) (technology exchange and share information such as traffic and communication and road infrastructure and other vehicles while driving) V2X and telematics solutions through enhanced cooperation in the plan to review the co-development and test runs to be.

Finally, the two companies plan to review whether the media ∙ can interact with the joint use of such platforms, including AI IoT platform.

On the other hand, it comes to 11th visit to discuss cooperation GUESS hoeteu Team (Tim Hoettgest) Chairman (President and CEO), including the most senior executives of SK Telecom headquarters of Deutsche Telekom.

The two companies plan to discuss technical cooperation △ △ 5G explore joint business opportunities leveraging both companies sited in the Connected Car Related Resources △ AI-related companies to share know-how and new services, such as joint excavations.

South Korea 1 while after the mobile carrier, SK Telecom, US No. 1 mobile carrier Verizon and European No. 1 mobile carrier Deutsche Telekom and expand cooperation above SK Telecom is also accelerating outlook while opening 5G era that the advantageous position in the global standardization of its 5G technology .

SK Telecom is to go out the world's first commercially available 2G CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), 3G HSDPA (High Speed ​​Downlink Packet Access), 4G LTE-A, and has led the world's ICT skills, 5G also secured key technologies in leading.

If SK Telecom, the leading 5G technology and one mobile carrier phase and the technology of the above boasting Europe's largest sales and the largest US subscribers scale with the added, SK Telecom will be able to increasing the advantage in 5G global standardization is going on the competition It is expected.

In addition, there may even be stronger yeoksido global spread of the Connected Car, etc. 5G-based services. It is because the early services spread over each of its subscribers mobile operators, as well as facilitating an enlarged 5G ecosystems through partnerships with global companies such as automobile company in the United States and Germany.

Park Jeongho, president of SK Telecom said it "will continue to expand our global ecosystem led to 5G New ICT-based range of services that accelerate the development of 5G technology standardization with leading global carriers."



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