Telecom network equipment vendor Huawei and Korean mobile service provider LG Uplus have set up a Mobile Innovation Center (MIC) in Seoul.
The MIC will enable LG Uplus, a leading 4G operator, to use Huawei’s solutions and products to to offer telecom services to customers.
Incidentally, Huawei is LG Uplus’ LTE technology partner to build nation-wide LTE network in South Korea.
Kim Sun Tae, executive vice president of Service and Development Division, LG Uplus, said: “The partnership will contribute significantly to the development of the country’s ICT industry, and deliver the most advanced LTE products and 5G solutions to people in South Korea in the future.”
During the signing of the MoU recently, Huawei and LG Uplus officials also discussed the acceleration of LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation, innovation in small cell and network quality technologies, new 5G equipment, and the in-building of equipment development at the new center.
“Huawei is committed to bringing the world’s advanced mobile broadband services to more people worldwide, and industry cooperation, such as the one we have with LG Uplus, makes it even easier for us to do so,” said Yang Chaobin, chief marketing officer of Huawei Wireless Networks.
