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KTF to offer digital TV service for cell
phones
SEOUL - KTF Co, the
second largest of South Korea's three mobile phone
operators, said on Tuesday that it will provide a
digital television service for its high-speed cell phone
subscribers.
Under an alliance with Skylife Co,
the nation's satellite-based digital broadcast provider,
the new digital TV service will be available starting in
April and will cost a flat fee, KTF said in a statement.
KTF, the mobile unit of fixed-line giant KT
Corp, is now offering a wide range of flat-fee services
to promote the use of wireless data and applications.
For example, a user can download an unlimited amount of
data for five months at 24,000 won (US$20) a month.
The satellite-based digital broadcasting service
will be the first of its kind in South Korea, which has
34 million mobile phone users - equivalent to about 70
percent of its population.
Subscribers to KTF's
high-speed cell phone service, First in Mobile
Multimedia, or FIMM, will be able to access some 40
digital TV channels at no additional cost, KTF spokesman
Park Sang-ho said. As of last December, about 1.2
million of KTF's 10.5 million customers had signed up
for its FIMM service.
Albeit somewhat choppy,
the digital TV service for cell phones is expected to
bring a new experience to high-speed mobile network
users, Park said.
As part of the alliance, KTF
and Skylife have agreed to jointly promote each other's
services.
Skylife is the country's first foray
into the realm of interactive digital information
exchange, providing satellite broadcasting services via
74 video, 10 pay-per-view and 60 audio channels across
the nation.
KT, the former state telephone
monopoly, is the largest shareholder in Skylife with a
15 percent stake.
(Asia Pulse/Yonhap)
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