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To: foundation who wrote (18639)1/31/2002 6:47:32 AM
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GPS-Enabled Cellular Phone Debuts (in Korea)

By Kim Deok-hyun
Staff Reporter

KTF, a giant mobile phone carrier, announced yesterday it would introduce a new
phone service that tells users where they are and when they should get there.

KTF spokesman Lee Young-bae said that the GPS-enabled wireless phone is designed
to support future location-based and emergency 119 services as they become available.

The commercialization of the GPS-enabled phone came after that of the Sprint PCS in
the U.S. and KDDI in Japan. Last October, Sprint PCS became the world's first
wireless carrier to release the service, by meeting the Federal Communication
Commission's deadline.

Its archrival SK Telecom is now preparing to launch a test-run for the GPS- enabled
phone before June this year.

KTF will launch a commercial operation in Seoul and neighboring cities before
expanding its service nationwide by the end of April.

For the new GPS-enabled phone service, customers will pay a monthly basic fee of
17,000 won with call rates of 18 won per minute, KTF said. However, those who want
to access the service should buy a new phone, which is available at around 200,000
won.

Since its trial operation in December last year, KTF said it has secured more than 1,000
pre-registered customers for the new service.

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