SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom operator LG Uplus Corp. said Thursday it will introduce digital kiosks and new online shopping services as part of its shift toward going “contactless” amid the pandemic. Starting in September, visitors to the mobile carrier’s flagship store in Gangnam, southern Seoul, will be able to use [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications firm, announced Tuesday that it will join hands with KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates), an advocacy group for animal rights, to promote the adoption of abandoned animals. The company will open up smart hotels for dogs and cats at the Pet [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the escalation of U.S.-China tension, LG Uplus Corp., one of South Korea’s largest mobile operators, found itself in a perplexing situation as a high-ranking U.S. official publicly called for the company to sever ties with China’s biggest telecommunications equipment maker, Huawei. Robert Strayer, deputy assistant secretary of state [...]
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States urges LG Uplus of South Korea and other telecom operators that use Huawei products to switch to “trusted vendors,” a U.S. official has said. Robert Strayer, deputy assistant secretary of state for cyber and international communications and information policy, made the remark in response to a [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications firm, has revealed details of a “reverse mentor” program in which new employees born in the 1990s serve as mentors for high-ranking executives. The goal is for the new employees to share knowhow on how to better communicate with the so-called [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Tuesday it will open a contactless store in October in line with growing demand for non-face-to-face services amid the coronavirus pandemic. The new store, which is set to open in central Seoul, will provide services such as selling USIM [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Thursday it will supply 5G virtual reality (VR) content to Taiwan’s largest telecommunication firm. LG Uplus’ 5G VR content will be also available on Chunghwa Telecom Co. when Taiwan commercializes a 5G network next month, according to the company. [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications firm, said Thursday it will launch augmented reality (AR) glasses in the third quarter of the year in collaboration with Chinese mixed reality product developer Nreal. Nreal Light will be the world’s first AR glasses to be commercialized in a business-to-consumer [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, plans to introduce an autonomous driving overnight shuttle bus that will run between Baegot New Town, an under-construction planned community in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province and Oido Station on Subway Line No. 4. The company announced Thursday that it will team [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Sunday it has joined hands with a Japanese telecommunication firm and a Taiwanese drone maker to develop smart drone solutions. Under a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s KDDI Corp. and Taiwan’s Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corp. (CIRC), LG Uplus will [...]