[3][4] The carrier adopted its current name after the July 2010 merger with another two LG telecommunication subsidiaries, Dacom and Powercom.

After a decision of the state-owned Korea Telecom to sell its cellular business to private investors in 1994, the South Korean government opened the telecommunications sector up to competition.

[5] In March 1998, in an effort to make itself stand out from the bigger, more established players in the market, LG Telecom launched the world's first commercial cdmaOne data service using PCS technology.

In July 2011, LG U+ launched its LTE network, nationwide coverage is expected to be complete by March 2012.

LG Uplus' 'U+ Mobile TV' has been broadcasting 10 channels of CJ ENM's affiliates in real time.

[11] In October 2022, LG Uplus launched the Studio X+U division as the original content provider for U+ Mobile TV.

[12] Source: Studio X+U In January and February 2023, LG U+ was hit by a series of DDoS attacks that interrupted data services and resulted in personal information leakage.