[MWC19 Preview] SK Telecom Presents 5G Service Blueprint and Advances Global Collaboration
Published2019.02.20 09:01| Sharing Roaming Performance and Expecting Global Companies' Participation
| Unveiling 5G VR, Smart Life, Smart Factory, and More
SK Telecom announced on the 17th that it will expand its 'global 5G and media ecosystem' at MWC19, which opens on the 25th in Barcelona, Spain, based on its accumulated technological capabilities and service competitiveness.
SK Telecom MWC19 Exhibition Hall Bird's Eye View
Until 2018, MWC stood for 'Mobile World Congress,' but changed to its current name this year. GSMA, the global telecommunications industry body comprising approximately 750 telecom operators from over 220 countries worldwide, determined that the ICT impact on daily life and industry had become so significant that limiting the brand to mobile alone was no longer appropriate, and thus changed the brand name.
MWC19 takes 'Intelligent Connectivity' as its theme and presents a vision of a hyper-connected society made possible through 5G, AI, and IoT. This event is expected to attract 107,000 ICT industry participants from over 200 countries worldwide.
MWC19 is both a collaboration venue and a battleground where global leading companies engage in strategic alliances transcending industries and nations. In particular, at this MWC, as companies await the launch of 5G smartphones and B2C commercialization, various enterprises are expected to collaborate to secure 5G services and content.
Promoting 5G Commercialization Achievements and Advancing Global Roaming Participation
SK Telecom President Park Jung-ho will introduce Korea's 5G commercialization success story, which began on December 1, 2018, at the GSMA Board of Directors meeting on the 24th in Barcelona, comprising 26 CEOs of global telecommunications companies.
The company plans to introduce successful cases of B2B service '5G Smart Factory' and the world's first '5G Smart Office' launched with 5G commercialization, as well as present a blueprint for 5G services to be launched soon.
President Park plans to share SK Telecom's roaming innovation achievements at the board meeting and encourage participation from global telecommunications companies. SK Telecom launched roaming products in 2018 including ▲voice roaming quality innovation based on T-phone ▲domestic rates for calls from Guam and Saipan ▲three minutes of free voice roaming for all customers.
If global telecommunications companies participate, SK Telecom anticipates that convenience for roaming users worldwide will increase and their burden will decrease further.
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SK Telecom will establish a large-scale exhibition hall spanning 604㎡ (approximately 183 pyeong) at the center of Hall 3 of 'Fira Gran Via,' the core MWC exhibition venue, showcasing Korea's leading 5G technologies and new services.
Hall 3 is the largest battleground at MWC19, where global leading manufacturers, telecommunications companies, and software companies including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Huawei, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, and NTT DoCoMo compete to showcase future technologies and services. SK Telecom will unveil ▲VR ▲Smart Life ▲Smart Factory ▲Mobility and more that are hyper-connected through 5G.
SK Telecom plans to unveil for the first time the '5G Hyper Space Platform,' which transcends reality and virtual space. This platform creates a virtual space that precisely replicates reality and reflects activities performed in the virtual space directly to the real world.
For example, users wearing VR devices can examine rooms and restaurants in a virtual space that exactly replicates a hotel or shopping mall and even make actual reservations, and can move data created during meetings with colleagues in a virtual office to a real-world conference room.
SK Telecom will also introduce through MWC19 ▲AI technology applied to semiconductor factory lines that reduces defect rates and increases productivity ▲'5G-AI Machine Vision,' the world's first 5G commercial solution ▲new blockchain services that make individuals' lives safer and more convenient ▲autonomous driving infotainment and security technologies and various other technologies and services.
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