|
2000 |
LG Information
& Communications merged, the word's first
Internet-enabled refrigerator launched; global
sales of refrigerators reached the number
one position |
|
2001 |
Asynchronous
IMT-2000 equipment commercialized; the world's
first Internet-enabled washing machine, air
conditioner, and microwave oven launched;
LG-Philips CRT,
a joint venture with Philips
established |
|
2002 |
Under the LG
Holding Company system, the Company spun off
to LG Electronics (LGE) and LG Electronics
Investment (LGEI) the first home networking
system commercialized in the global market |
|
2003 |
World's first
synchronous-asynchronous IMT-2000 mobile phone
developed;
the world's largest 76-inch PDP
TV developed; CDMA mobile handsets took the
largest share in the US CDMA market |
|
2004
|
EVSB, the next-generation DTV transmission
technology, chosen to be the U.S./Canada Industry standard by the US ATSC Commercializes world's first 55" all-in-one
LCD TV Commercializes world's first 71" plasma TV Develops world's first Satellite- and Terrestrial-DMB handsets |
|
2005
|
Becomes fourth-largest supplier of the mobile
handsets market worldwide Develops world's first 3G UMTS DMB handset, 3G-based DVB-Hand Media FLO DMB Phone with time-shift function and DMB
notebook computer Establishes LG-Nortel,
a network solution joint
venture with Nortel |
|
2006
|
LG Chocolate, the first model in LG's Black Label
series of premium handsets, sells 7.5 million units
worldwide Develops the first single-scan 60" HD PDP module and 100-inch LCD TV Establishes strategic partnership with UL Acquires the world's first IPv6 Gold Ready logo |
|
2007
|
Launches the industry's first dual-format,
high-definition disc player and drive Launches 120Hz Full HD LCD TV Demonstrated the world-first MIMO 4G-Enabled technologies with 3G LTE Won contract for GSMA's 3G campaign |
|
2008
|
Introduces new global brand identity: "Stylish design and smart technology,
in products that fit our consumer's lives." |
