MTS, South Korea’s KT Corporation team up in data centers, AI

MOSCOW, Feb 9 (PRIME) -- Russian mobile operator MTS and South Korean telecom company KT Corporation have signed a cooperation memorandum to set up a joint venture to build data centers, develop solutions based on artificial intelligence, and produce media content, MTS said on Wednesday in a statement.

MTS will use KT Corporation’s experience and expertise in construction and exploitation of data processing centers on the territory of Russia.

The companies will develop solutions with artificial intelligence by merging KT’s voice recognition service GiGA Genie and video analytics solutions by MTS AI, MTS’ unit.

Under the memorandum, the firms will produce media content and launch it on the global market through MTS’ e-cinema Kion and KT’s subsidiaries StudioGenie and Seezn.

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