SKT CEO vows to deliver game-changing AI services
SK Telecom aims to provide a “game-changing” service in the AI sector through collaboration with global telecommunications companies, its CEO Ryu Young-sang said at MWC, formerly the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona on Monday local time.
The company said it established a joint venture called Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA) with Deutsche Telekom, e& Group, Singtel Group and SoftBank.
The participating companies said that the GTAA is an alliance formed to develop a large language model (LLM) specialized for telecommunications companies and provide related AI services.
At the inaugural meeting of the GTAA, these companies also held an event to explain the process of joint development of an AI-based LLM and to encourage participation, inviting more than 20 global telecommunications companies to attend.
“Many of the telecommunications companies that attended showed great interest in GTAA collaboration,” the SK Telecom CEO said. “Now is the time when LLM specialized in a particular industry is leading the change in that field, so global telecommunications companies are trying to become game changers that lead market changes through collaboration in AI.”
Ryu also shared the GTAA’s business goals and expansion plans. He forecast that the GTAA’s LLM is expected to be used not only by SK Telecom but also other GTAA member companies from this year.
He added that the joint venture will create opportunities for telecommunications companies around the world to gather and offer various AI-related services.
“We will not stop making innovations but will continue to take on bold challenges in both domestic and global markets to become a truly global AI company,” Ryu said.
The GTAA plans to hold global telecom AI roundtable meetings regularly, inviting representative telecommunications companies from each language and region to promote the GTAA’s expansion and various inter-company collaborations and to expand its business horizons.
Samsung Electronics has also been invited by SK Telecom to help recruit more members to the GTAA, Ryu said.