AI NewsWaveLG CNS Teams With Japan's KDDI to Pursue AX Business in Asia-Pacific
Key points
- LG CNS and KDDI sign Asia-Pacific AX agreement
- Seeking new business in AI, smart city and telecom
- Overseas expansion follows Anthropic partnership
LG CNS signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese telecom company KDDI to jointly pursue AI transformation (AX) and digital transformation (DX) business in the Asia-Pacific region. The two companies disclosed this on the 14th. Datanet and Digital Today reported that the partnership combines LG CNS's AX and DX capabilities with KDDI's telecom infrastructure and global network.
The outlets stressed different areas of cooperation. Digital Daily reported that they will jointly look for new business in AI, smart cities, telecom and system integration and operations management. IT Chosun gave agentic AI, smart cities and robot automation as examples, and EBN introduced a plan to combine AI and robot technology with telecom infrastructure to develop new services for local companies. AI Times focused on targeting the agentic AI and physical AI markets in Southeast Asia, and TheElec said in its headline that it targets five Asia-Pacific countries.
On KDDI, TheElec introduced it as one of Japan's three major comprehensive telecom companies. According to TechM, KDDI handles everything from consumer services such as mobile communications and the internet to enterprise services such as AI, cloud and telecom networks.
Techworld News reported the agreement together with LG CNS's stronger partnership with Anthropic. In Korea, the company is building its capabilities in Claude-based system modernization and enterprise AI, while overseas it is expanding into agentic AI, physical AI and smart cities. According to iNews24, LG CNS said on the 13th that it became the first Korean company to earn "Preferred" status in Anthropic's Claude Partner Network.
Digital Daily, citing the Public Procurement Service and the IT services industry, reported that LG CNS was chosen as the preferred bidder for the judiciary's project to build an "intelligent platform for AI-based criminal trials and sentencing support." The project is worth 10.2 billion won and is the first to bring AI into court rulings, and it was reportedly decided against KT in the technical evaluation.