Baidu and China Mobile Announce Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation to Advance Intelligent Telecommunications
June 14 2018 - 1:41PM
Baidu, Inc.(NASDAQ:BIDU) and China Mobile today announced a
comprehensive strategic cooperation in frontier areas such as
artificial intelligence, big data and 5G, leveraging their
respective core strengths therein. Baidu Chairman and CEO Robin Li,
China Mobile Chairman Bing Shang and senior executives from the two
companies attended a signing ceremony in Beijing.
“AI is rapidly being integrated into all facets of
life, bringing innumerable new opportunities for the development of
the industry. The combination of AI and telecommunications has huge
room for innovation and will create more new experiences for
users,” said Robin Li at the signing.
In addition to the in-depth cooperation in network
traffic, channels and basic services, the two companies will use
Baidu’s leading technologies and algorithms in the areas of image
recognition, voice recognition and natural language processing to
explore creative applications of AI in the telecommunications
industry.
The two companies will explore the emerging field
of autonomous driving and the commercialization of AI in
intelligent devices and connected homes. In the future, the
cooperation aims to bring China Mobile into Baidu’s Apollo
platform, develop the connected car market and explore the
integration of DuerOS into intelligent vehicle systems. Apollo, an
open platform positioned as the “Android of autonomous driving”,
has amassed over 100 partners since its launch last year, including
OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers and startups. 5G is an indispensable
fundamental technology for autonomous driving, and the
participation of mobile operators like China Mobile is of great
significance in promoting the rapid development of the autonomous
driving ecosystem.
Under the cooperation, users can enjoy discounted
data plans for 13 Baidu products, including Baidu App, iQIYI and
Baidu PostBar. This marks the first time that China Mobile has
customized a multi-application, discounted data product for an
Internet company. This offering is expected to be officially
launched as soon as the end of June.
For Baidu and China Mobile, this cooperation
represents a major milestone towards advancing innovative
technologies and business models. Their collective strengths will
enable accelerated ecosystem development across industries, improve
service efficiency and user experience, and serve as the impetus
for a new era of win-win in AI and telecommunications.
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make a complex world simpler through technology. Baidu's ADSs trade
on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU".
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