KT to Build Digital Operations Network for 2027 Chungcheong Universiade, Linking More Than 50 Sites Across 4 Provinces and Cities
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KT will build a digital operations network for the 2027 Chungcheong Universiade, connecting more than 50 competition and operational facilities across Daejeon, Sejong, North Chungcheong and South Chungcheong.
KT will separately operate the event network, business network, internet network and broadcast relay network, and will promote stable connectivity for dispersed facilities through transmission network redundancy and integrated control.
KT signed an official sponsorship agreement in the information and communications sector with the organizing committee on the 13th and also plans to provide an AI-based call center and multilingual consultation services.
KT plans to build a digital operations network that connects more than 50 competition and operational facilities distributed across Daejeon, Sejong, North Chungcheong Province and South Chungcheong Province for the 2027 Chungcheong Universiade, and to organize it as a single information and communications system. The goal is to link the competition and operations hubs scattered across the 4 provinces and cities in the Chungcheong region into one communications system.
The event will feature competitions held simultaneously across multiple regions, unlike the single-city-centered operations of typical international sports events. As a result, network separation, transmission network redundancy and integrated control have been presented as key elements for stable event operations.
On the 13th, KT signed an official sponsorship agreement in the information and communications sector with the organizing committee for the 2027 Chungcheong Universiade at the KT Gwanghwamun Building West in Seoul. The photo includes Kim Bong-gyun, vice president and head of KT Enterprise; Lee Jeong-woo, secretary general and acting chair of the 2027 Chungcheong Universiade organizing committee; and Kim Woo-seong, CEO of ITCEN CLOIT, who posed for a commemorative photo after signing the memorandum of understanding on the 13th.
The 2027 Chungcheong Universiade will be held from August 1 to 12 next year in 4 provinces and cities in the Chungcheong region, including Daejeon Metropolitan City, Sejong Special Self-Governing City, North Chungcheong Province and South Chungcheong Province. Some 15,000 athletes, delegations and related personnel from more than 150 countries are expected to take part.
The event will be based at more than 50 sites, including competition venues, training sites, opening and closing ceremony venues and major operational facilities. As the event will take place across 4 provinces and cities in the Chungcheong region and more than 50 sites, the key task in this project is the stable connection of dispersed event facilities.
If a communications failure occurs at an individual facility, it could cascade into disruptions in competition operations, athlete management, coverage, broadcasting and spectator guidance. In response, KT formed a consortium with ITCEN CLOIT last year, and the KT consortium was selected as the operator responsible for building the event's information and communications infrastructure and integrated event management system.
Following this agreement, KT's scope of participation has expanded, and it will now take on both the construction and operation project and the role of official sponsor in the information and communications sector. The KT consortium will be responsible for building and operating the integrated event management system, providing wired and wireless communications and cloud services, operating the integrated control center and carrying out technical support at venues.
KT will operate the event network, business network, internet network and broadcast relay network separately by purpose. This is intended to minimize the spread of disruptions or traffic surges in one area to other operations. In addition, through a plan to add redundancy to the transmission network connecting major facilities, it aims to create a structure that can use alternate routes if a single communications path fails.
To support this, the integrated control center will monitor the operating status of each venue and the status of information and communications services in real time. It has also established an operational response system centered on the integrated control center, with on-site technical support personnel ready to respond in the event of disruptions or emergencies.
This configuration has led to analysis that the event could serve as a showcase for KT's ability to operate large-scale distributed information and communications infrastructure. As demand grows for local governments and public institutions to manage facilities across multiple regions through a single system, the need to combine network separation and redundancy with cloud services and integrated control is also being raised as a management requirement.
KT plans to apply AI not only to event operations but also to information services, helping participants and visitors check information. The services to be provided include an AI-based call center and multilingual consultation, through which users can check competition schedules, facility information, transportation information and tourism information.
Because athletes, delegations and related personnel from more than 150 countries are expected to take part, a wide variety of consultation languages and inquiry volumes are anticipated. Accordingly, AI will take on the role of prioritizing repeated inquiries.
Along with prioritizing repeated inquiries, AI will also classify consultations that require further support. This will make it possible to handle large volumes of inquiries with limited operating staff.
KT will leverage its experience in building communications infrastructure for international sports events in this project. KT served as the lead communications provider for the 1997 Muju-Jeonju Universiade, and also took on that role for the 2003 Daegu Summer Universiade and the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade.
KT also has experience providing information and communications services for the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, the Busan Asian Games, the 2011 Daegu World Championships in Athletics and the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Kim Bong-gyun, vice president and head of KT Enterprise, said KT will use its accumulated capabilities in network, AI and cloud to provide an event environment that both athletes and spectators can trust, and added that the company is determined to fulfill its responsibilities to the end for the successful hosting of the event.
Source: IT DAILY · Lee Jae-young
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