Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) The Global 5G Alliance signed an MOU with the Taiwan Information Standards Association on Wednesday during its four-day annual meeting in Taipei.
5G-ACIA (Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation), the world’s largest alliance of companies and organizations working towards the integration of 5G in industrial applications, was founded in 2018 and this year’s meeting will be held for the first time in Taiwan. It was held at
According to the non-profit organization TAICS, the general meeting is co-hosted by the Taiwan Information and Communication Standards Association (TAICS) and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) with the support of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Bridging the gap between local ICT (information and communication technology) and global organizations and initiatives.
According to the ministry, more than 100 domestic and foreign manufacturing and communication equipment companies, including Bosch, Siemens and Mitsubishi Electric, participated and set up booths to showcase cutting-edge 5G applications.
The signing of the MOU between 5G-ACIA and TAICS took place on Wednesday during an alliance meeting that began on Monday and is scheduled to culminate on Thursday’s “Industrial 5G Day.”
At the MOU signing ceremony, 5G-ACIA Chairman Andreas Müller said that both parties “share a common mission.” [ensuring] 5G will transform manufacturing and take the Fourth Industrial Revolution to the next level. ”
“To realize this mission,” he said, close collaboration between the various layers of the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) industry and ICT industry stakeholders is essential, but interaction with regulators is also necessary. , said this was outlined in the MOU signing. He said.
The signing of the MOU was witnessed by Economic Affairs Minister Wang Meika and Director of the European Union Delegation to Taiwan Philip Grzegorzewski.
“5G-enabled smart manufacturing is one of the most important 5G applications, and the global 5G smart manufacturing market is estimated to reach USD 140 billion by 2030,” Wang said.
The minister said Taiwan is “a major global player in ICT and semiconductor manufacturing” and that Taiwanese companies have also shown “remarkable strength and resilience in global supply chains.”
“These areas leveraging 5G applications in Taiwan can serve as a foundation for further cooperation with international 5G-ACIA members and accelerate the adoption of 5G smart manufacturing,” she continued. “Today, a memorandum of understanding was signed between TAICS and 5G-ACIA, so in the future we hope to feed back our experience in building smart factories with 5G applications that comply with international standards.”
Grzegorzewski said the memorandum is a good example of cooperation between Europe and Taiwan at a time when Taiwan’s “top-class technology is becoming more present in Europe.”
