Mobile Communications
A world of true mobility, delivering unrestricted freedom for communication anywhere, anytime.
LG Electronics Mobile Communications leads the most advanced technologies that have the potential to reshape your everyday life.
Today's telecommunications allow for a truly wireless, universal environment with virtually unrestricted freedom, where a wide range of information can be accessed worldwide via a variety of multimedia mobile devices.
High-speed network technology allows you to download and watch movies in a fast-moving vehicle. Pointing your smart phone camera at nearby buildings or surroundings will display related information, such as names and history, acting as a useful guide when traveling. Pointing it to a book will display information about the book and readers' reviews in real time. Smart phones bring with them a whole new lifestyle, where it is not necessary to try on the clothes you want to buy or worry about your new hairstyle.
However, the innovations not only relate to the services available. The input method that had been used for over two decades is about to change, too. You can use both your fingertips and your voice to enter search strings and Twitter messages. Advances in mobile communications technology have opened up a new era of unrestricted freedom of communication to everyone.
Leading this wave, LG Electronics is focusing on securing core technologies for the mobile and PC markets and strives to provide innovative service through an advanced mobile environment.
Thanks to its many years of technological research and product development, the company has achieved outstanding success and popularity in the mobile phone industry. Right across its world class product lines, from touch phones and smart phones to watch phones, LG has demonstrated its capability to lead the global market trends. Notably, in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) category, the company is renowned for its world-first development of LTE chipset and handover technology.
In the PC market, LG is working tirelessly to develop technologies to bring a new UX environment to users. With LG, the future is one step closer.
Major R&D Areas relating to Mobile Communications
Mobile
With over 100 million handsets sold worldwide every year, LG mobile phones are developed with the aim of offering customers a sensational experience like never before, through their intuitive UX environment and sleek design. To lead and exceed the requirements of the global market, LG is creating state-of-the-art, premium handsets, fully equipped with practical functions and applications.
LTE
One of the primary goals of LG Electronics R&D is to develop the next-generation LTE mobile communication technology. Focusing its research and development activities on implementing cutting-edge technologies and various communication methods that are geared toward next-generation mobile networks, the company has acquired the most advanced LTE technology in order to position itself as the frontrunner in the global market.
PC
LG's sleek and stylish PCs are developed to offer users an experience that combines sensitivity, performance, and a full range of features. The company aims to lead the market with its innovative products, including tablets, through its ongoing segmentation marketing strategy and consumer insight.
Major R&D Achievements in Mobile Communications
2010
Realized the world's fastest LTE
At CES2010, LG succeeded in reaching Long Term Evolution's (LTE) 100 Mbps maximum theoretical download speed, setting another milestone in mobile communications technology.
Introduced the world's first DMB 2.0 interactive service mobile phone
LG introduced the world's first DMB 2.0 mobile phone—the next-generation DMB service platform—through the development of a terrestrial DMB conditional access system and data broadcast reception technologies, creating an opportunity to pioneer broadcast/communication fusion technology.
Developed the world's first phone–PC–Web full 3-way synchronization service
LG developed a full 3-way synchronization feature to allow free data synchronization between PC, phone, and the Web, and a customization service (right click, history synchronization), which was first applied to the company's GD880 (Mini) mobile phone.
2009
First successful demonstration of ATSC-M/H technology.
Successfully completed the trial for receiving live transmission of North American mobile DTV broadcasting using ATSC-M/H technology-the North American mobile digital TV standard-on various portable devices including MP3 and portable DVD players. This achievement has established a footing for pioneering North America's new mobile DTV technology standard and leading the converged media market.
The world's first successful demonstration of high-speed wireless transmission using an LTE device.
Demonstrated two HD quality movies using the LTE modem chip embedded USB data card. A transmission speed of 60 Mbps was found to be possible.
Introduced the world's first watch phone that enables video calls.
It is the thinnest among all watch phone products at just 13.9 mm and is the first model to apply 3G HSDPA technology. It also enables high-speed data transmission and video calls.
2008
Independently developed the world's first LTE device modem chip.
Following the world's first successful demonstration of LTE technology in 2007, LG Electronics has developed the world's first LTE device modem chip that incorporates all the 2008 LTE technology standards. This achievement is a milestone in the 4G LTE mobile telecommunication era.
Demonstrated 4G mobile telecommunication technology - live wireless broadcasting of an HD quality movie.
Successfully demonstrated live wireless broadcasting of an HD quality movie using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, the standard 4G mobile telecommunication technology.
2007
Demonstrated world's first Mobile TV based on 3G
Successfully demonstrated MBMS(Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) technology of Mobile TV using 3G network.
Developed MOBILE VSB technology
LG develops a MOBILE VSB technology that allows users to watch mobile broadcasting without additional equipment using current ATSC digital broadcasting service
2006
LG introduces the world to HSUPA technology
LG establishes an upgraded uplink transmission speed, greater than that of exisiting 3G technology(HSDPA) fot the real full-duplex experience
2005
LG develops the world's first WCDMA DMB phone
LG develops a mobile phone that allows users to watch mobile broadcasting with 3G mobile communication configuration, and provides mobile broadcasting services using WCDMA.
2004
LG develops the world's first terrestrial DMB phone and satellite DMB phone
LG develops mobile phones that support terrestrial & satellite DMB protocols -- the two major protocols for Korean mobile broadcasting -- and provides mobile broadcasting services.
2003
LG Ddevelops the world's first synchronized / unsynchronized 3G DBDM mobile handset
LG combines the wide connection range of CDMA with the fast data transmission speed of WCDMA into a single mobile phone, enabling the phone to benefit from both technologies.
1996
LG releases the world's first CDMA digital mobile phone
LG develops mobile phones that support digital CDMA - a major mobile communication technology - and provides advanced CDMA technology.
