Securing autonomous driving technology capabilities through the progress of Daegu City's autonomous vehicle demonstration road construction project

KT announced on the 9th that it will participate in Gyeonggi Province's 'Pangyo Zero City Autonomous Driving Demonstration Complex Construction Project'.

KT plans to complete the construction of an autonomous driving demonstration complex by December 2019 in conjunction with the Pangyo Zero City development project, which covers a total area of 432,000 square meters (130,000 pyeong) divided into two phases, with a project scale of over 20 billion won.

We plan to build related infrastructure, such as establishing a 5G pilot network in Pangyo Zero City by the end of this year, and turn it into the world's first 5G autonomous driving demonstration complex targeting residential areas by 2019. In addition, KT provides a hybrid V2X (Vehicle-to-everything) network service that allows the simultaneous use of dedicated LTE with enhanced security and WAVE (Wireless Access for Vehicle Environments).





KT provides big data solutions capable of analyzing the massive amount of data generated by autonomous vehicles, and builds IoT services that support safety, such as autonomous driving road monitoring, pedestrian care, and road environment monitoring.

Furthermore, KT is stepping up to revitalize the ecosystem of the autonomous vehicle industry. KT plans to operate an Autonomous Driving Cooperation Center within Pangyo Zero City to provide technology development support and consulting to autonomous driving-related startups.

Pangyo Zero City is planned to be built as a demonstration complex where autonomous vehicles operate regularly in an environment shared by regular vehicles and pedestrians. To achieve this, a stable network environment and the processing of large volumes of data collected from IoT sensors and vehicles are critical. KT viewed its participation in this project not only as an opportunity to gain market recognition for its capabilities in building autonomous driving infrastructure but also as a chance to further advance related technologies.

In addition, KT has also been pursuing the 'Daegu City Autonomous Driving Demonstration Road Construction Project,' organized by the Intelligent Automotive Parts Promotion Agency, since last June. This project involves constructing Daegu Technopolis-ro (a general road from Daegu Arboretum to Technopolis) as an autonomous driving demonstration road, with a target completion date of 2021.

It was expected that by establishing autonomous driving-related big data analysis platforms and control platforms together with KT NexR, the completion of the project would enhance the capabilities of domestic autonomous vehicle component technologies.

Kim Hyung-wook, Head of KT’s Platform Business Planning Office, stated, “KT possesses various infrastructures related to autonomous driving, including a stable network, big data analysis technology, and Korea’s No. 1 connected car business capabilities,” adding, “Starting with the autonomous driving projects in Pangyo Zero City and Daegu, we will lead the domestic V2X and infrastructure business related to autonomous driving.”