November 10, 2004
Talking face to face, far away
SK Telecom and KTF said yesterday that they will begin offering video phone services in Korea within a couple of months, reports YoongAng Daily.
"Although mobile phones have been able to handle video for some time, the service was not available on a commercial basis from mobile phone service providers. Internationally, the service is available only in Hong Kong and certain parts of Europe.
SK Telecom will begin providing the service in Seoul next month and expand it to the metropolitan area and six other cities by next year. KTF will begin offering the service in Seoul and some surrounding districts in January, expanding it to major cities by 2006.
The video service is based on WCDMA, or wideband code division multiple access. Since most current phones are based on the CDMA standard, or code division multiple access, many customers wanting video will have to buy new phones."
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