SK Telecom has become a member of 5G Automation Association (5GAA), a global cross-industry association of companies from the telecommunications and automotive industries.
Last month, Vodafone group became the first telco to join the 5GAA alliance that was launched by German carmakers Audi, BMW, and Daimler with mobile telecoms network equipment firms Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia, and Qualcomm to accelerate development of the infrastructure needed for self-driving cars.
5GAA aims to address society’s connected mobility and road safety needs with applications such as connected automated driving, ubiquitous access to services and integration into smart cities and intelligent transportation.
5GAA’s main activities include defining and harmonizing use cases, technical requirements and implementation strategies; supporting standardization and regulatory bodies, certification and approval processes; addressing vehicle-to-everything technology requirements ; and running joint innovation and development projects leading to integrated solutions, interoperability testing, large scale pilots and trial deployments.
Dino Flore, Director General of 5GAA
We are very pleased that SK Telecom has joined the association. With its important expertise, SK Telecom will contribute to the definition and development of next generation connected mobility solutions.
Alex Jinsung Choi, CTO and Head of Corporate R&D Center of SK Telecom
We are designing 5G to support connected cars and autonomous driving. 5G will enable the automotive industry to create new and innovative values through services including augmented autonomous driving, worry-free car management and rich in-car services.
