Malaysian telco CelcomDigi and South Korean operator SK Telecom signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on initiatives to commercialise AI for the Malaysian market.
Under the MoU, CelcomDigi and SK Telecom will share information and cooperate on developing AI use cases in Malaysia, commercialising AI services, and exploring new business opportunities for scaling AI services.
The AI use cases will initially be implemented within CelcomDigi’s own departments before moving to the commercialisation stage.
At the signing ceremony in SK Telecom’s headquarters in Seoul, CelcomDigi CEO Idham Nawawi told the official Bernama news agency that CelcomDigi aims to be one of the biggest AI companies in Malaysia in the next few years.
“We have the capabilities, we connect more than 20 million users on our network, we have solid infrastructure, we are building the facilities, and this is a good foundation for us to move to the space of AI,” he said.
CelcomDigi launched its AI Experience Centre (AiX) in July to showcases AI-powered solutions developed by an ecosystem of 40 global tech companies (including SK Telecom), local partners and solution providers.
CelcomDigi and SK Telecom are also collaborating on use cases for the metaverse via an MoU signed in March 2023.