SK Telecom Will Incorporate AI into its 5G Network

SK Telecom is considered one of most progressive operators when it comes to 5G development. Last year Juniper Research ranked the operator No. 1 on its list of "most promising" 5G operators for its extensive time in development; the breadth and value of the operators' 5G partnerships; and its progress in 5G network testing. So it is not particularly surprising that the South Korean operator is already working on ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make its 5G network more efficient. The company realizes without AI there will be a lot manual operations necessary to constantly change the network parameters and settings and to adjust capacity. "We want to talk about how to efficiently operate 5G infrastructure using AI," said Haesung Park, senior manager of the ICT R&D Center, network technology R&D center, access network lab at SK Telecom. Park will be speaking at the New Horizons Symposium in Austin, Texas, May 16-17.