SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Based on its advanced LTE technology, LG Uplus has introduced state-of-the-art video-on-demand service lineups including Netflix-like movie streaming service UflixMovie. The third-largest mobile carrier in Korea announced on June 23 that it would start offering new services based on its LTE-A network from July. The new services include the movie streaming [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahead of the nationwide deployment of broadband LTE-A service, LG Uplus has successfully developed the world’s first Uplink Carrier Aggregation technology that provides four times faster upload speed than LTE. The company said on June 18 that it has completed the pilot run on the uplink CA technology with an upload [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – With an integrated technology of fashion and telecommunications, a groundbreaking change is expected in cloth purchasing patterns in which customers try on at shops and buy them. LG Uplus announced on June 12 that it has introduced “Uplus Board” the first such attempt in the fashion industry that combines [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus said on June 4 that it has succeeded in the pilot service of LTE Advanced three-band carrier aggregation, the service four times faster than the regular LTE service. The company unveiled LTE-A technology that enables the aggregation of three component carriers using three different bandwidth sizes, 2.6 [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A week after the three major mobile carriers resumed their businesses after suspensions, SK Telecom swept the number portability market with aggressive marketing. According to the industry, from May 20 to 28, SK Telecom marked a net increase of 42,990 subscribers while KT and LG Uplus recorded a net [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – After turns of suspensions imposed on the Korea’s top-three mobile communications firms last month, LG Uplus was the one who ended up smiling. According to “Mobile Communications Service Statistics” by the Ministry of Sciences, ICT and Future Planning, LG Uplus’ market share has surpassed the 20-percent mark for the [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – As the series of sequential suspension of the top-three telecommunications companies for 45 days (68 days in total) which was the longest in the history of the industry in Korea is finally over, war clouds are gathering in the telecom industry. LG Uplus was back in action on May [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – LG UPlus announced that it won the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation Award in the wireless network infrastructure innovation category by its LTE-A technology utilizing 3-band carrier aggregation (CA) and small cell technology. The global communications and IT business magazine Global Telecoms Business is giving the awards to communications [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphone extends its reach of personal assistance features to making “personalized suggestions” of where to eat, in particular when finding out a gourmet restaurant for a special occasion. LG UPlus, one of Korea’s top three wireless carriers, has announced on May 13 that it has added a food map service to its [...]