SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, recently introduced a next-generation smart traffic information system at the Korea-World Chinese Entrepreneurs Business Week 2020 jointly hosted by South Gyeongsang Province, the city of Changwon, and the Korea Chinese Entrepreneurs Association. Named the Cooperative-Intelligent Transport System (C-ITS), the system [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, downplayed concerns Thursday over its use of network equipment by Huawei Technologies Co. amid U.S. pressure to sever ties with the Chinese company, citing the completion of equipment installation and a healthy backlog for maintenance. The United States has repeatedly [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, announced on Tuesday that it plans to launch testing of a real-time elderly fall detection service using radar sensors, with an aim of commercializing the service by next year. The service uses a special radar sensor that is installed indoors [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean telecom company, said Thursday it released a virtual reality (VR) series on the International Space Station, its first project with a global alliance of telecom operators and VR developers. “Space Explorers: The ISS Experience” follows the daily activities of the astronauts all in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant LG Uplus Corp. said Thursday it opened a seven-story product showroom in southern Seoul by partnering with local popular establishments as part of its broader efforts to capture young customers. The seven-story building, including its underground floor, in the posh southern district of Gangnam houses [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Sunday it is joining forces with Google to jointly develop 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology. Under the partnership, LG Uplus will work with Google Cloud, which will provide its artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, to develop new [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Friday it plans to roll out its 5G-powered autonomous robot next year. The robot — which is being developed in partnership with autonomous mobility firm Unmanned Solution — has recently demonstrated its abilities at local refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co.’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has developed an advanced cellular module technology with global partners that does not require Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards in mobile devices. In collaboration with cellular chipset developer Sony Semiconductor Israel, local communication module maker NTmore, and German [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has formed an alliance with global telecom operators, content developers and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to develop 5G-based augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) content to boost the budding industry. The Global XR Content Telco [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it has signed a deal to supply 5G-based augmented reality (AR) content to Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. Under the deal, LG Uplus will supply its educational service of around 220 children’s books in AR format to KDDI. The [...]