LG Uplus Strengthens Support for Remote Classes in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] LG Uplus announced on the 26th that it will provide free internet speed upgrades for all metropolitan and provincial offices of education and elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide using its SchoolNet service, and strengthen support for applying EBS zero-rating.

Due to concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), elementary, middle, and high schools in the Seoul metropolitan area have switched entirely to remote classes until the 11th of next month. Accordingly, LG Uplus decided to offer free internet speed upgrades to all metropolitan and provincial offices of education and elementary, middle, and high schools using its SchoolNet service to prevent incidents such as delays in online video classes caused by speed degradation.

SchoolNet is an internet service used by offices of education and elementary, middle, and high schools. The four metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide and their affiliated 3,460 elementary, middle, and high schools using LG Uplus SchoolNet can access the internet at speeds of 500Mbps. Additionally, LG Uplus LTE and 5G mobile customers will have zero-rating applied until the end of the year when accessing 10 EBS services and 7 major educational websites/web apps, so data usage will not be deducted.

Support for remote classes will also be strengthened on LG Uplus’s IPTV service U+tv and mobile IPTV service U+mobiletv. U+tv customers can watch the ‘EBS 2-Week Live Special Lectures’ for grades 3 of elementary through grade 2 of middle school on real-time channels 258 to 263 in high definition on large-screen TVs from Monday the 31st to Friday, September 11, for two weeks. ▲ High school grades 1 to 3 will have special lectures on the ‘EBS Plus 1’ channel, ▲ elementary grades 1 and 2 on the ‘EBS Plus 2’ channel, and ▲ middle school grade 3 on the ‘EBS English’ channel.

Classes start every day at 9 a.m., matching the school timetable, and lecture materials can be downloaded for free from the EBS website. An LG Uplus official said, “We will actively support the communication technology and resources owned by LG Uplus so that teachers, students, and parents nationwide can fully focus on education and learning despite the difficult situation,” adding, “We will consider additional support measures to overcome this period together.”

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