SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 carrier, said Friday it will invest 10 billion won (US$8.4 million) to create a wide range of augmented reality (AR) content based on its 5G network to attract more premium service users. As 5G networks can handle heavy data volume with little [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., jointly with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Easy Traffic Co., has introduced an emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) system, a priority traffic light control software that extends green lights to allow ambulances to pass without delay. The traffic light control center receives GPS data from emergency vehicles [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 carrier, said Thursday that it will launch two types of unlimited data plans for 5G smartphones, joining the cutthroat price competition to attract early adopters for the new service. LG Uplus, which was the first to unveil its 5G mobile package on [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp. on Wednesday opened a 5G Innovation Lab for tech startups to facilitate collaboration in development of innovative content and services for the new telecommunication standard. The nation’s No. 3 carrier said the 5G Innovation Lab will offer a new network environment and service platform as well [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said Thursday it will launch Nvidia’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform for Internet Protocol (IP) television services and upcoming 5G smartphones. LG Uplus said it has signed an exclusive deal with Nvidia, a U.S.-based graphics processing unit (GPU) manufacturer, to give access [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp. on Friday sought approval from the government to purchase a majority stake in leading cable TV operator CJ Hello, officials said. The Ministry of Science and ICT will review whether South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier’s move to become the largest shareholder of CJ Hello is [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp. and Hanyang University jointly demonstrated a self-driving car smoothly maneuvering its way through the busy streets of Seoul on Monday, aided by and broadcast live on a 5G network. The South Korean mobile carrier and the university’s Automotive Control and Electronic Lab (ACE Lab) showcased an [...]
BARCELONA, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said Monday that it will step up security measures on its 5G network that uses Huawei’s equipment, addressing concerns over the Chinese telecom gear maker that’s facing possible bans around the world. LG Uplus CEO Ha Hyun-hoi tried to assuage concerns [...]
BARCELONA, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumers have heard a lot about 5G over the past year, but the time has come for leading telecom and tech players to show what can be done with the next-generation mobile network in the largest mobile industry show of the year. South Korean mobile carriers and electronics companies [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — If the rise of global content streaming services like YouTube and Netflix have taught any lessons to those in the Korean media industry, one thing is for sure: You have to become big to survive. An explosive growth in demand for over-the-top (OTT) content in the world’s most-connected country [...]