SK Telecom's MEC Technology Selected as Innovative Edge Computing Strategy
Published2019.05.08 10:25SK Telecom announced on the 8th that its Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) technology was selected as the 'Most Innovative Edge Computing Strategy' at the 'Leading Lights Awards 2019'.
The Leading Lights Awards is an award presented annually by 'Light Reading,' a telecommunications industry specialist publication in the United States, to the leading telecommunications operators and services in each telecommunications sector.
The Leading Lights Awards, now in its 15th year, was held in Denver, USA on the 6th local time, and selected winners across 22 categories including 5G, telecommunications, AI, and cloud.
The Light Reading Awards highly evaluated SK Telecom's technological capabilities in dramatically reducing 5G communication latency and efforts to expand the ecosystem through platform openness.
MEC is a shortcut for data communication in the 5G era, reducing data communication latency by up to 60%. Conventionally, transmitting data from a customer's 5G smartphone to an internet data center involves a minimum of 4-step process. MEC technology, which installs small-scale data centers at 5G base stations or switches, reduces the transmission steps to a maximum of 2 steps.
SK Telecom opened its MEC platform externally to enable partners to develop 5G services more easily. By linking with SK Telecom's MEC platform, partners can develop various services requiring ultra-low latency characteristics and significantly enhance service quality.
MEC technology is expected to be utilized effectively in ▲AR/VR services ▲cloud gaming ▲autonomous driving and vehicle control ▲real-time live streaming and other applications requiring extreme response speeds. For example, applying MEC to smart factories can improve the response speed of 5G-powered robots.
SK Telecom plans to establish an MEC test bed within the first half at the 'Tech. Gallery' in the SK Telecom ICT Technology Center in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, which opened in April, to develop 5G specialized services together with various SMEs and individual developers.
SK Telecom also provides Open API (Application Programming Interface) on its developer support site T Developers (developers.sktelecom.com), enabling partners to receive various data and functionalities necessary for service development.
Park Jin-hyo, Head of SK Telecom's ICT Technology Center, stated, "This award is evidence that SK Telecom possesses global-level technology and strategy in the MEC field," and added, "Going forward, we will lead the 5G era by taking the lead in expanding the ecosystem through MEC platform openness."
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