LGU+ Wins Minister of Science and ICT Award at Korea Internet Awards

Jung Ha-jun, Executive Director of LG Uplus. Photo by LG Uplus

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Su-yeon] LG Uplus announced on the 7th that Jeong Ha-jun, Executive Director in charge of Network Quality, received the Minister's Award (Individual Merit Award) at the 17th Korea Internet Awards hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

The Korea Internet Awards is a ceremony held annually since 2006 to select organizations and individuals who have contributed to the development of the domestic internet industry.

Executive Director Jeong was recognized for his contributions as the person responsible for communication disaster management at LG Uplus, providing stable national communication services through prevention activities for major communication failures and disasters.

So far, LG Uplus has worked to minimize customer inconvenience by establishing an AI-based early recognition system and rapid recovery system in preparation for optical cable disconnection failures. In addition, it has operated a comprehensive disaster situation room to minimize damage and establish a rapid service recovery system in preparation for natural disasters such as typhoons and wildfires.

Along with this, the company has dualized communication networks and power grids connected to the central office, and strengthened control environments by registering failures and work management systems occurring in the communication network into the system. Since last year, it has participated in the Network Stability Enhancement Task Force led by the Ministry of Science and ICT to build mutual backup systems among telecom companies and a mobile communication disaster roaming network.

Due to these efforts, LG Uplus was selected as an excellent institution that received the only ‘A grade’ among private companies in the national core infrastructure evaluation by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in 2020.

Executive Director Jeong Ha-jun said, “Employees in LG Uplus’s network division work 24/7 to realize customer satisfaction,” and added, “I am honored to contribute to the expansion of Korea’s internet ecosystem as a result of efforts to reduce customer inconvenience.”

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