With the U+ LTE Radio Transceiver app, users can exchange voice messages with one another by simply pushing a button on the app. (image: LG Uplus)
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG UPlus, a South Korean wireless carrier, has launched a unique mobile application which can be used as a portable radio transceiver, enabling communication between up to 500 users at the same time across the globe.
The carrier announced on January 25 that once the U+ LTE Radio Transceiver app is downloaded, users can exchange voice messages with one another by simply pushing a button on the app. The company said up to 500 people can use the ‘app radio’ in areas where LTE networking or WiFi is installed.
There are no additional charges for the app, but using the app for 30 minutes every day will result in approximately 430MB of data use a month, according to the company. The app can be pre-installed on LG’s iconic Ice Cream phone model starting January 26 in the domestic market.
A transceiver is a device comprising both a transmitter and a receiver which are combined and share common circuitry or a single housing. (image credit: Kobiz Media)
History of Radio Technology
In radio terminology, a transceiver means a unit which contains both a receiver and a transmitter. From the beginning days of radio the receiver and transmitter were separate units and remained so until around 1920. Amateur radio or “ham” radio operators can build their own equipment and it is now easier to design and build a simple unit containing both of the functions: transmitting and receiving. Almost all modern amateur radio equipment is now a transceiver but there is an active market for pure radio receivers, mainly for shortwave listening (SWL) operators. An example of a transceiver would be a walkie-talkie, or a CB radio. (Wikipedia)
By Kevin Lee (kevinlee@koreabizwire.com)
