Telecommunications & Media
Telecoms ramp up AI to ward off traffic surge ahead of BTS live show at Seoul\'s Gwanghwamun
South Korea\'s telecom operators are stepping up preparations for a BTS live concert at Seoul\'s Gwanghwamun Square, expecting a surge in data traffic from crowds and social media use. SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus are expanding network capacity, adding mobile base stations and temporary repeaters, and strengthening real-time monitoring. The companies are also highlighting AI-based autonomous network technologies, including SKT\'s A-One system and KT\'s W-SDN, to predict issues and automatically control traffic.