The Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it has finalized frequency allocation and common carrier registration, allowing Hyundai Autoever, LS ELECTRIC, and others to use private 5G frequencies beginning May 1.

Source: MSIT

MSIT is encouraging the nationwide deployment of private 5G, a critical infrastructure for digital transformation, in order to develop an innovation network that is one step ahead of the 'Korea Digital Strategy,' and is going to great lengths to assure a timely supply of frequencies.

It is worth noting that Hyundai Autoever is the first company in Korea to implement private 5G in the field of automotive production.

With this frequency supply, private 5G frequencies were allocated to 36 locations in 21 companies.

Hyundai Autoever plans to build an automobile production performance testbed at Hyundai Motor's Uiwang Research Center that combines various technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous robots (AMR), and augmented reality (AR) with a private 5G network. Based on this, it is expected to build a private 5G network at Hyundai Motor America's dedicated electric vehicle factory, and it is encouraging that private 5G is expected to spread across automobile factories in Korea in the future.

In addition, LS ELECTRIC plans to build an intelligent factory that manufactures factory automation control devices using private 5G networks, CCTV, robots, and sensors. 

Nable Communications, an existing private 5G common carrier, plans to build an additional performance test center in-house using robots and AR.

"It is significant that private 5G has been introduced to core industries such as automobile production through the supply of private 5G frequencies," said MSIT Director General Choi Woo-hyuk. "In the future, we will actively support the application of private 5G to various industries in order to promote exports and employment, as well as to create more added value."