The G20 Digital Ministers Meeting brought together ministers and vice ministers from the G20 countries in Dusseldorf, Germany, on April 6. The theme this year was ‘Shaping Digitalization for an Interconnected World.’ (Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning)
By Kang Gahui and Sohn JiAe
“The driving force behind our digital revolution will be IT led by the fifth generation of mobile communications, known as 5G.”
Second Vice Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning Choi Jae-yoo made this remark at the G20 Digital Ministers Meeting that brought together ministers and vice ministers from G20 countries in Dusseldorf, Germany, on April 6.
“So as to promote so-called ‘Inclusive Digitalization,’ which is designed to get more people access to the benefits of digitalization, we need to take the lead in encouraging 5G-related businesses and expanding investments in this field,” said the vice minister.
“We will launch 5G-based services at next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. We will also make efforts to deploy 5G technology on a commercial scale by 2019,” he said.
The ministers and vice ministers in attendance agreed on the need for more cooperation at the international level so as to achieve a world economy based on digital computing technologies and, also, to deal with challenges together that they might face in this digital world.
As a result, they jointly adopted the “G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Declaration,” which focuses on global digitalization, the digitalizing of production for growth, strengthening trust in a digital world, and, lastly, a strategic roadmap to develop the digital economy.
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