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• Integrated Sensing for AI applications – it runs on AI assembly lines.
Contextual Awareness: With 5G-A's • AI becomes a foundational design
ability to sense location, movement, principle, not an add-on Learnings from Five Global Telco: Use
and environmental parameters, • Every layer – from spectrum Cases & Real Deployments Where
AI models gain richer context to management to customer 5G-A and AI Converge
drive decisions – e.g., adjusting engagement, can evolve based on Around the globe, leading telecom
traffic lights based on congestion data-driven intelligence. operators are no longer talking about
or rerouting delivery drones around 5G-A and AI as future aspirations
weather conditions. In practice, this results in networks – they're actively deploying them in
that think, adapt, and improve tandem to drive smarter networks,
Summary: The Advent of the continuously, creating not only immersive services, and enterprise
AI-Native Networks as the “Networks better performance but also new transformation.
of Tomorrow” business models. For example, telcos
can offer AI-as-a-Service bundled Within this domain, there are a few
5G-A marks the shift from with private 5G-A and edge compute, standout examples of where telcos
“AI-supported” to “AI-native” enabling hospitals to run diagnostics are operationalizing the convergence
networks . This means: in real time, or manufacturers to of 5G-Advanced and AI today.
• The network doesn’t just host AI deploy autonomous quality checks on

1. SK Telecom (South Korea): AI-First Strategy on a 5G-A Foundation

SK Telcom (SKT) sets forth ‘AI Pyramid • AI Service, SKT announces the messages, and ask for diverse
Strategy’ to accelerate innovation official launch of ‘A.’ and plans information.
centered around three key areas: AI to build a globally competitive - A. is currently only available
Infrastructure, AI Transformation (AIX) personal AI assistant service by in Korean. And company is in
and AI Service . leveraging its telco and AI assets. the early stages of exploring
• AI Infrastructure, which consists of - “A.” (pronounced “A dot”) is an an international launch for the
data center, AI semiconductor, and artificial intelligence chatbot service.
multi LLM, will serve as a technology which has a character that SKT will strengthen its own AI
platform that forms the basis of SKT speaks to people. SKT has capabilities and collaborate with
as an AI company. integrated its various service from diverse global players to expand its
• AI Transformation (AIX) of SKT’s music streaming to e-commerce presence in the global AI market. By
core business areas such as mobile, into A. 2028, SKT will triple the proportion
broadband and enterprise, as well - ‘A.’ users can create and of its AI-related investments and
as new business areas like mobility customize an AI character that become a global AI company with
and healthcare will be pursued to reflects their personalities; and revenue of KRW 25 trillion.
reach a new level of productivity communicate with the character
and customer experience. through conversations or text

Top 3 AI Applications in Telcos

Source: Futurism Technologies
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