- The 5G Forum celebrates its 10th
anniversary and newly launched the 6G Forum
- The 6G Forum is expected to play a key
role in global cooperation and cross-industry cooperation in telecommunications
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)
announced that the 5G Forum has been relaunched as the 6G Forum to celebrate
its 10th anniversary on May 30 at The Plaza Hotel in Seoul, strengthening
private sector cooperation on next-generation networks and supporting Korea's
leadership in the field.
The 5G Forum is a joint
industry-academia-government forum launched in May 2013 to lead Korea in 5G
sector. Since the beginning, the Forum has contributed to the establishment of
the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) 5G vision, held various
events for information sharing and communication in the telecommunications
sector such as 'Mobile Korea' every year, and taken the lead in global private
cooperation by signing MoUs with overseas private organizations.
As 5G is recently advanced based on the
standardization schedule, the 6G clock is ticking rapidly with the announcement
of the 6G vision expected later this year. Therefore, the 5G Forum has decided
that now is the time to systematically accelerate its 6G preparations and has
rebranded itself as the 6G Forum. The Forum plans to strengthen its role as the
centerpiece of existing industry, academia, and research cooperation in the
telecommunications field, and to serve as a medium for the convergence of other
industries and telecommunications to activate new services.
The government announced the "K-Network
2030 Strategy" in February this year, aiming to become a model country for
next-generation networks in the era of digital sophistication. In particular, a
preliminary feasibility study is underway to comprehensively support the
investment in 6G technology development by expanding it from the existing
source technology to commercialized technologies, sub-sectors, markets, and
standards.
The Chairperson of the Forum's Executive
Committee, presented the achievements of the 5G Forum and the direction of the
6G Forum, and the Head of the Innovation Network Team at MSIT, introduced the
main contents of the K-Network 2030 Strategy, focusing on subsequent 6G R&D
projects. Following this, Samsung Electronics, Chairman of the ITU's 6G Vision
Group, presented trends in 6G technology and standards, emphasizing that
"as major countries such as the United States are already preparing for a
fierce competition for technological supremacy, Korea should also respond
strategically to technology development and standardization."
Minister Lee Jong-ho said in his
congratulatory remarks, "Although we have been strong in network sector,
it is difficult to guarantee our superiority in the era of fierce competition
for global technological hegemony." "It is time to accelerate
public-private cooperation and cooperation amongst large, medium, and small
companies to secure future network competitiveness, so I hope that the 6G Forum
will play a pivotal role in helping Korea leap forward as a model country for
next-generation networks," he emphasized.
For further information, please contact the Public
Relations Division (Phone: +82-44-202-4033, E-mail: yunay@korea.kr)
of the Ministry of Science and ICT.
Please refer to the attached PDF.