LG Uplus said on Tuesday it will run services and benefits tailored to customers’ holiday plans such as overseas travel and homecoming trips for Chuseok. It will offer roaming services, including an in-flight WiFi event running through the end of this year, and make its roaming call feature in the AI calling app Iksio available overseas. The company will also provide smart home services such as Home Cam Light, AI-content subscription discounts and partnership benefits through its Uplus membership program.

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the country\'s three mobile carriers discussed expanding investment in next-generation networks for the AI era and reviewed preparations for commercialising 5G standalone mode (SA) by year-end. The talks focused on ways to raise declining capital expenditure and on investment directions for AI-RAN and 6G. They also covered regulatory rationalisation, budget and tax support, network transition plans and revisions to net neutrality guidelines and telecom quality assessments.