Logo of LG International Corp. Photo: Reuters LG’s lead researcher, Lee Ki-dong, was elected as the President of the Applications working group of the Next G Alliance earlier this month. He will serve a two-year term to lead this group in addressing the requirements of 6G network adoption. Next G Alliance was established by the US Alliance for Telecommunications Solutions (ATIS) in October 2020 to promote the leadership of mobile technology in 6G networks. Next G Alliance has a total of 6 working groups with members from 48 companies in the fields of telecommunications, software and semiconductors. According to LG, 6G technology is expected to be commercialized in 2029, with talks on standardization slated to begin in 2025. The next-generation telecommunications network 6G will bring faster data transmission speeds, lower latency and higher reliability than 5G networks and can bring about the concept of the Internet of Things Ecosystem, to enhance the experience user experience. LG established a 6G network research center with the Korea Research Institute of Science and Technology Development in 2019 and signed an agreement with the Korea Science and Standards Research Institute in 2020 to research new technologies. 6G technology.

This is a program approved by the Prime Minister in 2013, in order to focus on developing synchronously the infrastructure system, human resources and intermediary institutions of the science and technology market in order to improve operational efficiency. application and technology transfer; promote supply and demand relationships for science and technology products and services. Mr. Pham Duc Nghiem – Deputy Director of the Department of Market Development and Science and Technology Enterprises (Ministry of Science and Technology), in charge of Program 2075 – visited the exhibition booth of the research team including Pharmacist Phan Ke Son and Assoc. Dr. Ha Phuong Thu (Institute of Materials Science). This commercialization project is chaired and implemented by the Institute of Materials Science, in collaboration with CVI Cosmetics Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company with funding from the State Budget and reciprocal funding from enterprises – companies. CVI company for raw materials, machinery and equipment. The close cooperation between scientists and enterprises not only helps the successful research of the project but also transfers the research results into commercial products to the market. However, during the implementation of the project, the Department of Market Development and Science and Technology Enterprises of the Ministry of Science and Technology – the focal unit to implement the 2075 Program – played an important bridging role. , while actively following the project’s tasks, completing the legal environment, improving the efficiency of state management of the S&T market; promote S&T market service activities as well as technology demand and improve technology transfer capacity. Through the 2075 program, with the support of the Department of Market Development and science and technology enterprises, the project has completed the technological process of manufacturing functional foods from three-size nanomaterials and commercializing them. successful technological process as well as functional food products. In addition, the 2075 Program has helped promote the connection between state agencies and agencies, science and technology enterprises, innovative start-ups and intermediaries and thereby improve effective commercialization of technology, contributing to attracting stakeholders to the S&T market.

According to the White Paper, the international organization for telecommunications technology 3GPP is expected to begin research and development of international technical standards for 6G networks around 2025 before commercialization is expected around 2030. China has granted a license for commercial use of 5G networks and started researching and developing 6G technology from 2019. 6th generation (6G) mobile communication technology will be commercialized globally by 2030 Meanwhile, according to experts, 5G technology is designed to increase the speed and responsiveness of wireless networks. 5G was born to succeed 4G, resulting in faster download speeds, smoother data streaming and more. 5G is not only about speed but it also opens up completely new applications and causes a huge revolution in the following years. The arrival of 5G network promises to bring a lot of utilities and wide applications in the future. 5G could be the key to making self-driving cars more ubiquitous. For them to function at their best, they need to be able to quickly send and receive data to and from other cars, navigation systems and more. These require a fast network speed, low latency, lots of bandwidth and high reliability. One thing where the speed and bandwidth of 5G can really help is the Internet of Things (IoT). With everything from smart air conditioners to smart lights popping up in your home, 5G provides the capabilities you need to connect everything easily. According to the Ministry of Communications and Internal Affairs of Japan, the committee on 6G super-fast communication network will discuss technology developments, as well as methods and policies for exploiting this next-generation wireless network, projecting It is expected to launch around 2030. Japan has lagged behind the US and South Korea in launching commercial 5G services. As many other countries have begun to talk about how to exploit 6G technology, Japan aims to map out the above strategy and take the lead in standardization efforts. Japan’s 6G Committee, expected to include representatives from the private sector as well as research experts from universities, will listen to input from a variety of industries to study potential challenges. Thanh Van See more : After ITelecom, Vietnam is about to have a virtual mobile network

A model of the BeiDou Satellite Navigation System is displayed at the 12th China International Aviation and Space Exhibition in Zhuhai city, Guangdong province. (Photo: AP) Citing Yang Jun, deputy director of the China Satellite Navigation Office at a conference, Xinhua News Agency said that the country’s satellite navigation industry is worth more than 400 billion yuan in 2020, growing at a steady rate 20% year. China officially commissioned the Beidou 3 (BDS) system last July at a commemorative event attended by President Xi Jinping. As Beijing continues to invest in becoming a space power, Beidou is expected to be able to rival the GPS of the US and the Galileo of Europe. Launched in 1994, China’s Beidou project arose from the military’s need for its own satellite navigation system, replacing the US Department of Defense’s GPS. In particular, in 1996, a serious incident occurred when the Chinese military lost track of two missiles in the Taiwan Strait, possibly due to sudden GPS interruption. Since then, Beijing has invested heavily in Beidou to ensure an independent and stable satellite navigation system to guide missiles and bombs. The first BeiDou satellites were launched in 2000 and are now in their third generation, and are also commercially available. China actively promotes the use of BDS in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as in the Belt and Road Initiative countries. Beidou-related products are exported to more than 120 countries and regions, serving about 100 million users globally, according to Xinhua. BeiDou features are integrated in many popular smartphones. As a two-way communication system, Bac Dau allows compatible devices to send data to satellites, exchange text messages between two users, and track location in case of emergencies. Domestically, more than 7 million personal vehicles, 36,300 delivery and postal vehicles, 1,400 state-owned ships and 350 aircraft are using BDS. However, BDS also has its shortcomings. Last month, a truck driver in Hubei committed suicide after he was fined 2,000 yuan (US$305) because the vehicle’s BDS system was found to be disconnected during a routine inspection. Other drivers also filed complaints on the Hubei government website for similar disconnection problems. Du Lam (According to SCMP)

2G network will be “wiped out” by Korea Previously, in July last year, SK Telecom officially stopped providing 2G network service, while another Korean mobile operator, KT Telecom, stopped providing 2G network service since 2012. due to the rapid development of advanced mobile network generations and the significant decrease in the number of 2G network users. 2G mobile service started operating in Korea in 1996 based on the world’s first commercial code-shared multiple access network built by SK Telecom. The number of 2G subscribers nationwide surpassed 20 million in 2006 but began to decline after the country commercialized 3G and 4G networks in 2003 and 2011, respectively. It is known that by the end of March 2021, the number of 5G mobile network subscribers in Korea has reached 14.48 million, accounting for 20% of the total 71.1 million mobile subscribers, according to data from the Ministry of Information Technology. trust this country.

Jiancao Hou, senior analyst for mobile network infrastructure and 5G network at ABI Research said: “X Reality (XR) is a combination of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR), which is a promising solution for technology. 6G to create a mixed virtual and real environment, by enabling real-time or non-real-time human-machine communication.” 6G is expected to be commercialized from 2028 The network’s self-organizing and self-healing capabilities to support self-driving cars, drones, and pervasive networks are also critical to reducing network deployment time and costs, the analyst adds. and provide greater mobile coverage. In the 2030s, 6G could be the key driver for realizing universal connectivity with a wide range of devices/sensors for use in diverse communication environments.” Since 2018, Finland’s University of Oulu has validated theoretical studies and provided early 6G prototypes in the mobile industry. Many other countries, including China, South Korea, the European Union and the United States have also launched projects and programs to shape the 6G framework and key business focus for this new technology. The standardization department and authorities, such as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), have also shown particular interest in supporting studies and potential 6G use cases. “Processing complexity and power consumption of infrastructure hardware and devices are key factors that can limit the progress of advanced radio technology. Dynamic spectrum sharing and computing resource allocation as well as highly efficient noise reduction algorithm designs are also key to providing guaranteed network service and user experience. With the advent of technologies such as big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and open source, the issue of network security and privacy of Users will become more and more important and will be well addressed by 6G technology,” said Mr. Jiancao Hou. Regarding the commercialization of 6G, the rotating chairman of Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei, Eric Xu, said that 6G technology is expected to hit the market around 2030. Mr. Eric Xu said that Huawei is currently working to determine the key specifications of 6G technology, adding that the company may release a 6G white paper soon. “We are working with other players in the mobile industry to define what 6G really is. Maybe in the near future we will roll out our 6G white paper. We want to discuss with businesses and consumers what 6G will look like. Driven by our vision and the possible definition of 6G, we are also working on basic science and cutting-edge technologies, aiming to realize the 6G we define together.” Besides, Mr. Xu also noted that the future development of 6G technology will depend on the potential use cases that need the support of this technology. Last month, the German government said it planned to provide up to 700 million euros ($852 million) in funding for research into 6G technologies by 2025. Phan Van Hoa (according to Rcrwireless)

The “cloud fitness” boom continues.

On April 21st, the sports social platform Keep released the 7.0 version of the APP at the “2021 Spring Ring Conference”, and launched three new upgraded IP courses and the Keep smart spinning bike C1 Pro and Keep bracelet. B2 members enjoy two smart hardware products.

Huang Jingjing, vice president of Keep, said at the meeting that Keep will launch a celebrity coach team, and the interaction between coaches and users will also be upgraded, “I hope to create Li Jiaqi in the live fitness session.” In addition, keep’s premium live courses have been covered throughout the day, from 8 am to 22:00 at any time to meet the sports needs of users at different times.

Since its launch in 2015, Keep has been developing for 6 years and now has a scale of 300 million users. In January of this year, it completed a huge US$360 million round of financing. This round of financing was led by SoftBank Vision Fund, Hillhouse Capital, Gaodu Capital and other old shareholders such as GGV Jiyuan Capital, Tencent, Wuyuan Capital (formerly Morningside Capital), Times Capital and BAI Capital continued to invest more . After completing the financing, keep’s valuation reached 2 billion US dollars.

Recently, news broke that Keep has appointed a CFO and recruited directors of investor relations through multiple channels, and submitted a prospectus to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as early as the end of April 2021 to apply for listing in the United States.

Although Keep responded that: “There is no more news to announce.” But China’s sports social platform has indeed stood on the “outlet.”

Looking overseas, the share price of American online fitness giant Peloton has risen from US$27 per share at the end of April last year to the current US$99.93 per share, an increase of 270% during the year and a market value of US$29.43 billion.

And will Keep be the next Peloton? This is the question of people outside the industry and the expectation of many investors.

Liu Dong, co-founder and vice president of keep

After this press conference, Liu Dong, co-founder and vice president of Keep, had a dialogue with the media on the company’s current business segments and business monetization model. The following is the content of the dialogue, organized by 24/7 technology:

Q: This year’s technology fitness track is particularly popular. What do you think ?

Liu Dong: I think we are at a stage where there is no end and I don’t know what the future endgame will look like. It’s just that every company or track has a different approach.

Peloton leads the rise in the United States. I believe that no one in China will invest in a company that makes sports apps, but start investing in companies that have sports hardware. In the future, technology will change the experience. I understand that the sports experience upgrade will be upgraded from coaching, feedback, and interaction together, because it can restore the offline experience, but it may be upgraded based on feedback. If we look back a little longer, starting with Nintendo’s Switch, whether it is a gamified sport or a sporty game, I think there are many questions that can be explored.

For Keep, we are definitely catching what we are best at. We have coaches, so we will do live broadcasts. It is possible that this is a threshold. There are only so many coaches in China. Through online and offline, coaches can produce good content. Maybe this thing is more difficult, so we start with the hardest thing.

Q: Keep announced that its annual sales have reached 1 billion. Can you announce the specific revenue share, which is the largest revenue?

Liu Dong: One billion is the sales of consumer products, not including online business and advertising business. From a comprehensive perspective of the three businesses, the first is the consumer goods business, the second is the advertising business, and the third is the membership service business. Our revenue is composed of these three parts. The sales will be a little more than the other two businesses combined. Consumer products still depend on scale, but members’ business profits will be better.

Keep is currently profitable. Online is our largest APP investment. When members have online income, it is also a high-margin Internet product and service, so it can cover this part of the cost.

Consumer goods can increase users’ repurchase in terms of eating, wearing, using, and training. You buy clothing for sports and food for sports. In fact, repurchase is a relatively large increase. In addition, the gross profit of food and clothing is definitely better than that of smart hardware. The overall environment is a healthier.

On the other hand, our users are Keep APP users, and we may not need to grow like the growth of other consumer products, such as the growth method of Perfect Diary. The overall development is still in a relatively benign state, and it is indeed easier to make a profit in this state.

But whether we want to continue to make profits depends on our future plans. We believe that at this stage, we need to make some investment. From a strategic point of view, we have made it clear that we must do this on the platform, content, and smart hardware.

Q: Among consumer products, which category has the highest GMV? In terms of food, how does Keep compete with businesses that specialize in this type of product?

Liu Dong: Our biggest category is still smart products , Keep is serious about the experience direction, this thing users can feel, so the fastest growing is the smart product, and the largest share is also the smart product.

The homogeneity of food may be more serious. The entire supply chain in China is basically relatively transparent, so our food is more integrated with the scene, and we have not invented and created products. In fact, food is quite difficult. It is a fast-moving consumer product and needs to constantly reach users and tell him the latest tastes. It’s not like buying a dumbbell. I’ll search for it and evaluate which one is better. But our current scale is still more than 100 million. For a new Internet company, we think it is a relatively good result.

Our current consumer products are planned from eating, wearing, using, and practicing. In “practice” or “use”, there will be many different product categories, but we are still focusing on the family scene. Like basketball and football, each piece is very big, but we didn’t involve in this field. We believe that when the family scenario is not good enough, we will not do basketball or football, so there is some restraint in the expansion of the category.

Q: A few years ago, Keep did Keepland. What is its current position and contribution role?

Liu Dong: The original intention of Keepland in 2017 is parallel to the content connecting the family. A connecting family and a connecting city will allow you to train more. At that time, we defined it as “infrastructure.”

In the subsequent development, the consumer goods business or online business develops very fast, offline is a slow process, and the speed is certainly not as fast as other online businesses, plus the impact of the previous epidemic. So Keepland has been doing it all the time, just saying that it makes it more stable compared to faster business. I personally think that Keepland can be counted as an online live broadcast business, an incubator for the coaching team, or the “Whampoa Military Academy”, because the cognition generated there can be amplified through the Internet.

There are now 9 Keepland stores in Beijing, which has hardly changed from the previous figures. We will not shrink it or expand it excessively.

Q: A piece of data was shared at the press conference, serving 1.56 million. Is this a user who spends money on consumer goods on Keep? How much space is there in this field?

Liu Dong: There are far more than 1.56 million users who buy consumer goods, and 1.56 million are just users who buy smart products. If the scale is 1 billion per year, the number of users per year is about several million.

Maybe three years ago, we only had a scale of 30-40 million, and after three years we will reach a scale of 1 billion+. We will definitely continue to maintain this growth rate. Moreover, from the current ceiling, there is still a lot of room. For example, we mainly focus on e-commerce channels. Now we only focus on JD.com, Tmall and our own malls. Other platforms have not yet done so. Second, there are also channels for sub-sales, as well as live broadcasts, communities, and even offline. This space is still very large.

Staff installing a 5G base station in Korea. Photo: Koreabizwire According to the ministry above, carriers include SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. signed an agreement so that 5G users could access the high-speed network of any other service provider they registered in 131 remote locations across South Korea. Accordingly, 5G users will be able to use another carrier’s network in places where their service provider does not have coverage. The Ministry of Science and ICT said telecom carriers will test network sharing systems before the end of the year and aim to fully phased in by 2024. Remote areas selected to provide 5G network sharing are sparsely populated, with a population density of 92 people / km2, while areas that do not share 5G networks have a population density of 3,490. person / km2. The move to share 5G networks comes as South Korea is racing to establish 5G coverage nationwide, with network equipment currently installed in major cities. In July 2020, the three major South Korean carriers pledged to invest up to 25,700 billion won (23.02 billion USD) to upgrade the network infrastructure by 2020. As of February 2021, South Korea has 13.66 million 5G subscribers, accounting for about 19% of the country’s total mobile network subscribers. South Korea was the first country in the world to commercialize 5G networks in April 2019.