"From Remote Meal Service to Medical Expense Support" LG Uplus Launches U+ Smart Home 'Pet Care Premium'

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] LG Uplus announced on the 15th that it will launch the ‘U+ Smart Home Pet Care Premium,’ which enhances medical expense and shopping benefits along with two dedicated devices for pets.

The Pet Care Premium service (19,900 KRW per month, VAT included, based on a 3-year contract) is a total pet care solution that includes two dedicated pet devices: the CCTV ‘Momca,’ which allows smart monitoring and video recording of pets even when away from home, and the ‘Remote Feeder,’ which can dispense food remotely, as well as medical expense support and pet product shopping benefits.

LG Uplus explained that it decided to provide medical expense support and shopping benefits along with dedicated devices specialized for unattended care to reduce the burden of pet medical expenses and offer practical benefits to pet owners who continuously spend on their pets.

LG Uplus supports pet medical expenses such as hospitalization, surgery, and boarding up to an annual limit of 1.4 million KRW for Pet Care Premium customers. Major eligible conditions include trauma such as bruises and abrasions, digestive diseases such as enteritis and diarrhea, respiratory diseases such as rhinitis, hepatitis, cystitis, diabetes, and more.

Additionally, subscribers receive a monthly discount coupon worth 11,000 KRW usable at pet specialty shopping malls. Over three years, this amounts to a maximum discount of 396,000 KRW. Partner shopping malls include ‘AboutPet,’ where users can watch pet care and breeding-related content and purchase pet products, and two dedicated pet e-commerce sites, ‘Goyangidae-tongryeong’ and ‘Gangajidae-tongryeong.’

Yeom Sangpil, Head of LG Uplus Home IoT Business, said, "We launched this service to provide various benefits in daily life with pets, including unattended care through IoT (Internet of Things) technology as well as medical and shopping benefits," adding, "We will continue to do our best to provide services that satisfy both pets and their owners."

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