The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, Minister: Lee Jong-Ho) announced the launch of the pilot demonstration of ‘5G Mobile Communications Convergence Project’ together with the National Information Society Agency (NIA) and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA).
This Project aims to discover and spread the use of 5G convergence services by tapping into private 5G networks and 5G technologies. The Project consists of three demonstration projects with 11 sub-tasks from the public and private sectors and is invested with a total of 48 billion won (US $37 million dollars).
A variety of enterprises and institutions have participated into this project, creating the foundation for the e-Um 5G ecosystem. In coming August, ‘5G alliance’ will be launched to encourage cooperation among industries, universities, research institutions, and public associations, and to prepare a e-Um 5G roadmap by industry and discover new business models that help the wider application of private 5G networks at home and abroad.
Minister Lee Jong-Ho said that “the e-Um 5G network-based convergence services will play a role as a new growth engine that leads digital innovation.” He added that “the government will put more efforts to discover new, diverse 5G convergence services and ensure that many of reference cases at home can be emulated at the global market, while focusing on building a 5G convergence ecosystem led by the private sector.”
For further information, please contact Spokesperson for foreign media Kim Hee-Hyun (E-mail: coro0131@korea.kr, 82-44-202-4027) of the Ministry of Science and ICT.
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