LGU+, copper net → optical cable conversion investment by 2026

LG Uplus (CEO Hwang Hyun -sik) announced on the 8th that it replaced the infrastructure Guangdong axis (HFC), which provides home service such as high -speed Internet, with a light subscriber network (FTTH), and installed an eco -friendly stop and a small air conditioning device.

The wired subscription network HFC, which uses optical cables and coaxial cables, has been built in many places to expand the coverage during the early high -speed Internet supply, but it is replaced by a light subscriber network that uses only optical cables in new buildings to improve network quality..

In addition, unlike FTTH, which uses manual devices, HFC requires power supply and amplifiers in HFC, which is a lot of energy consumption.

LG Uplus has made an investment plan to convert the HFC network to the FTTH network by 2026, and has been working on transitions in Seoul, the metropolitan area, and the six metropolitan cities since the second half of 2020.

This reduces the power consumption of about 30 million kWh (kilowatt) and 13,436 tons of carbon emissions per year.

LG Uplus will continue to expand its power consumption by shifting HFC networks for many years.

LG Uplus has introduced eco -friendly high -efficiency stops since 2019, the 5G commercialization. A rectifier is a device that supplies all the DC electricity from the power plant into exchanges and supplies all to the base station. The rectification efficiency was increased by about 4%p, reducing the electricity of 700 kW (kilowatts) per year, and by the end of last year, it saved 1.51 million kWh of energy.

In addition, LG Uplus has installed a small outside air cooling device that attracts air outside the building by attracting air outside the building from all over the country since 2015, reducing the power consumption of 96.45 million kWh by the end of last year.

Kwon Jun -hyuk, head of LG Uplus, head of NW Division, said, “We will expand the case of network infrastructure upgrades such as the transition of wired subscription networks to innovate customer experience in telecommunication services and to contribute to 'eco -friendly management', which is part of ESG management. "