Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom have embarked on a partnership with global carriers to lead the development of 6G and integrate large language models (LLM) into their services. Samsung Electronics will jointly establish a consortium with leading high-tech companies in various fields such as telecom equipment, semiconductors, communications, and software, while SK Telecom will work with foreign telecommunications companies to build an AI alliance for technological innovation and industry leadership. are doing.
Samsung Electronics announced on February 26 that it has become a founding member of the AI-RAN Alliance, which aims to research 6G technology and build an ecosystem by integrating AI and wireless communication technology. The AI-RAN Alliance, which was officially launched at MWC 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, includes founding members Samsung Electronics, Nvidia, Arm, SoftBank, Ericsson, Nokia, Microsoft, and Northeastern University in the United States. A total of 10 companies and one university will participate.
Through its participation in this partnership, Samsung Electronics plans to lead the research and expansion of the 6G ecosystem by applying AI to wireless communication technology, thereby driving service innovation and improving network efficiency. The “AI for RAN” working group will focus on researching wireless communication optimization techniques using AI and machine learning to improve frequency, cost, and energy efficiency. The “AI and RAN” working group will focus on AI and wireless network convergence technologies for efficient resource management and infrastructure utilization. The “AI on RAN” working group will focus on discovering new AI applications and services within wireless networks.
The technical reports and white papers obtained from these activities are expected to greatly contribute to the discovery of new services, technical requirements, and standards for 6G standardization and commercialization. Charlie Chan, vice president and head of the 6G research team at Samsung Research, expressed his expectations for the innovation and new value created around AI and 6G networks that will revolutionize the way people interact with technology. expressed.
On the same day, at the 2024 Mobile World Congress (MWC) held in Barcelona, Spain, SK Telecom announced the establishment of a joint venture with top European telecommunications companies for the purpose of joint development of AI technology and business cooperation. did. Middle East and Asia. SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, e&Group, Singtel Group, and SoftBank held the Global Telecommunications AI Alliance (GTAA) founding general meeting at MWC24 and signed an agreement to establish a joint venture company to jointly develop and cooperate in telecommunications-related businesses. AI Large-Scale Language Models (LLM).
The founding general meeting was attended by SK Chairman Choi Tae-won and other executives. Yoo Young-sang, CEO of SK Telecom. Tim Hetges, Chairman of Deutsche Telekom. Hatem Dowidar, e& Group CEO. Mr. Yuen Kuan Moon, CEO of Singtel Group. Tadashi Iida, Chief Information Officer (CISO) of SoftBank, gathered to sign the agreement to establish a joint venture. Through this joint venture, the five companies will develop a Telco LLM specialized for telecommunications carriers, and aim to develop a multilingual LLM that supports multiple languages such as Korean, English, Japanese, German, and Arabic. The joint venture is expected to be established by the end of the year.
SK Telecom President Yoo Yong-sang said, “Based on the joint venture, we will expand GTAA to ensure leadership in the global AI ecosystem, and provide 1.3 billion global telecom subscribers with new AI experiences through telecom-dedicated LLMs.” I will make it possible for you to enjoy it.”
