SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus, one of South Korea’s major telecommunications providers, announced on November 20 the launch of its new ‘Dual Number On/Off’ service, allowing users to control incoming calls to their virtual phone numbers. The Dual Number service, a mobile add-on that provides users with a second virtual phone number in [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus, a major South Korean telecommunications company, announced on July 24 that it will introduce its web-based in-vehicle gaming service, Game Portal, to Kia’s new EV3. This marks the first time the Game Portal service will be available in a domestic brand vehicle in South Korea. According to LG [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The antitrust regulator approved a joint venture between LG Uplus Corp. and Kakao Mobility Corp. for operating electric car charging stations Monday, noting that the partnership is unlikely to impede market competition. The approval by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) came as LG Uplus, the nation’s No. 3 mobile [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – As the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — the premier global event in IT and consumer electronics — draws near, the South Korean telecommunications sector is actively preparing to delve into fresh opportunities within the realms of artificial intelligence (AI) and mobility technology. On December 25, SK Telecom announced it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Tuesday its second-quarter net profit rose nearly 32 percent from a year earlier, driven by its robust wireless business. Its net income amounted to 213.3 billion won (US$163.3 million) in the April-June period, up 31.7 percent from the year-ago [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 5 foldable phone and Z Fold 5 will be equipped with a function to inform users about any defective universal subscriber identity module (USIM). LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it has developed this feature in collaboration [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday that it has inked a deal with Kakao Mobility Corp., a mobility subsidiary of South Korea’s tech giant Kakao Corp., to set up a joint venture in a bid to make inroads into the electric vehicle charging station [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it will showcase MIRI View, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based passenger safety protection system, in collaboration with major lift manufacturer Hyundai Elevator Co. MIRI View utilizes AI-based CCTV to analyze passengers’ movements and voices, functioning as an intelligent safety [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Thursday its first-quarter net profit declined 9 percent from a year earlier due to compensation for network failures earlier this year. Its net income reached a net profit of 155.1 billion won (US$117.7 million) for the January-March period on [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Friday it will compensate more than 4 million customers for a network disruption caused by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks earlier this year. The company’s network had suffered partial disconnections for a combined five times on Jan. 29 and Feb. [...]