Korean telecom KT proposes preventing epidemics using big data
20-Sep-17, Business Korea
"Telecommunication companies’ assets such as connectivity and big data have great force that can solve common problems such as infectious diseases," said KT Chairman Hwang Chang-kyu at a meeting of the Broadband Commission.
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A working group for the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases based on ICT was launched at the meeting. It will include 10 organizations: telecom business operators such as KT and Intel, the Novartis Foundation, related organizations from Kenya, Argentina and Malaysia, and the GSM Association (GSMA).