(Telecompaper) South Korean operator SK Telecom has signed a MoU with Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson to cooperate in the development of a 5G core network. The three partners will deploy a trial network in Korea and Germany based on 5G technologies, including NFV, SDTI (Software-Defined Telecommunications Infrastructure), distributed cloud, and network slicing. As SK Telecom in Korea and Deutsche Telekom in Germany collaborate with ecosystem, the alliance will jointly develop 5G use cases, conduct global marketing promotions, and work for potential standardization.