LG to release home IoT applications in India next year
Electronics business LG aims to roll out internet of things (IoT) home appliance products in India by early 2018. LG Electronics India is in discussions with mobile network service operators to provide IoT products in India, following the launch of similar ranges in South Korea. LG Electronics India will offer appliances that are equipped with LG HomeChat and SmartThinQ, which allow the operation of home devices through smartphones.

LG Electronics India (LGEI) is in talks with several mobile network service operators to form a partnership to roll out IoT-based products. LG Electronics India (LGEI) is in talks with several mobile network service operators to form a partnership to roll out IoT-based products.

South Korean consumer electronics major LG plans to introduce products based on Internet of Things (IoT) technology in the home appliances segment by early next year, says a top official of the company’s Indian arm.

LG Electronics India (LGEI) is in talks with several mobile network service operators to form a partnership to roll out IoT-based products.

“May be by the end of this year or early next year our first IoT product would be introduced in India,” LGEI Managing Director Ki Wan Kim told PTI.