SKT head promotes ICT, says company will work toward 5G
Ha Sung-min, SK Telecom’s CEO, said yesterday the nation’s No. 1 mobile carrier will lead the next 30 years of Korea’s mobile communications industry through a new idea he called ICTnomics.Ha suggested ICTnomics during his keynote address at the ICT Development conference held at the Korea Federation of Banks hall in Myeong-dong, central Seoul. ICTnomics refers to a new form of economy in which ICT will act as a catalyst for innovative changes in society.
Ha said that the first stop toward ICTnomics is building the 5th-generation (5G) network, which will be ultra high speed and highly connected.
5G is a technology that provides 1,000 times faster speed than the 4G LTE and SK Telecom set itself the goal of becoming the world’s first mobile carrier to use 5G by 2020.
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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