Vice Minister Jang Seok-young Assesses Global ICT Trends in San Diego, USA

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] Jang Seok-young, the 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, visited ICT institutions in San Diego, USA, from the 9th to the 10th (local time) to understand the latest trends in research and development (R&D) related to the 4th Industrial Revolution, including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and big data.

On the 9th (local time), Vice Minister Jang held a meeting on next-generation mobile communication technologies with local researchers from the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (North America branch), UCSD, and LG Electronics, introducing Korea's progress in 5G commercialization and the 5G+ policy. He also reviewed the current status of mobile communication R&D being promoted by the U.S. government, universities, and research institutes. Additionally, he visited local startup incubation centers to hear about the U.S. startup support status and success cases, and discussed ways to link these with domestic ICT startup support policies.

On the 10th, he visited Qualcomm headquarters and met with President Cristiano Amon to understand Qualcomm's 5G chipset development trends and the status of products and services in AI, cloud, and edge computing fields. In particular, he observed demonstrations of Qualcomm's 28GHz band 5G equipment and terminals, as well as 5G-based vehicle communication technology (C-V2X).

An official from the Ministry of Science and ICT explained, "After personally attending CES, Vice Minister Jang visited San Diego, a neighboring city, to visit leading institutions in 5G and AI such as Qualcomm and UCSD, which demonstrates the government's strong commitment to actively promoting policies in this field." He added, "It also signifies the intention to further strengthen Korea's global ICT cooperation."

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