SKT-led Telecom Alliance GTAA Accelerates LLM Development [MWC??]

Five Global Telecom Companies Launch Joint Venture
to Drive AI Innovation

Yonhap News

SK Telecom (CEO Yoo Young-sang) announced on the 3rd (local time) at the 'Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025' held in Barcelona, Spain, that it hosted the general meeting of the ‘Global Telco Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alliance (GTAA)’, a coalition of global telecom companies led by SKT, and established a joint venture involving five telecom companies to strengthen AI collaboration. CEO Yoo emphasized, "The core project of the joint venture is to develop a Telco LLM (Large Language Model)."

The general meeting was attended by SKT CEO Yoo Young-sang, Timotheus H?ttges, Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, Hatem Dowidar, CEO of Etisalat Group, Yuen Kuan Moon, CEO of Singtel Group, Ana Yip, CEO of Singtel Group International Digital Services, and Tadashi Iida, Chief Information Security Officer of SoftBank.

In a prior press briefing, CEO Yoo explained, "The biggest weakness of telecom companies is the lack of global scale and capabilities," adding, "Through GTAA, we aim to overcome these limitations and ensure that telecom companies play a key role in the AI era." He also noted, "This trend started last year but has become much stronger this year."

At the event, the GTAA logo was unveiled for the first time. The logo, featuring intersecting curves radiating from the center outward, symbolizes the connection and cooperation among member companies, as well as the synergy between telecommunications and AI.

Additionally, the 'Global Telco AI Roundtable' was held, attended by over 100 leaders from the global mobile and telecommunications industry, where AI business executives from each company shared GTAA’s achievements and vision. The roundtable consisted of three sessions: 'Evolution to AI-Native Telco,' 'Customer Experience Innovation through AI and Partnerships,' and 'Building an AI Infrastructure Blueprint.'

CEO Yoo emphasized, "SKT has been working with Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat Group, Singtel, and SoftBank to introduce AI into the telecommunications sector, and we intend to expand membership and strengthen cooperation to accelerate AI innovation."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.