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To: carranza2 who wrote (18051)	1/30/2002 3:48:29 PM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 34857

Will GPRS present live vidio on color screens?? If not, will WCDMA?? If not the world is moving past you. KTF to offer TV programs over mobile handsets KTF, the country's second largest mobile carrier, said yesterday it has formed alliances with three major broadcasting stations to offer television programs over mobile handsets, heating up competition for a top slot in the video-on-demand (VOD) market among mobile carriers. The company yesterday signed the wireless multimedia content business deal with KBS, SBS and MBC. Under the deal, KTF will provide popular television soap operas, entertainment, news, traffic and weather programs over its icon-based multimedia mobile network, Multipack, beginning in late February. "With cdma2000 1x EV-DO service just around the corner, KTF has successfully secured plenty of television content for mobile subscribers," the company said in a statement. The move is also part of KTF's strategy to showcase its wireless technologies during the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup final, as the mobile carrier is one of the official sponsors of the world's largest soccer event. KTF's partnership with broadcasting stations includes joint World Cup promotional events, combining wireless Internet and landline networks. KTF said it plans to offer major World Cup games in real time, utilizing its cdma2000 1x EV-DO, with a maximum data transmission speed of 2.4Mbps. It said Multipack service does not require an upgrade of chips or hardware for the television program streaming and download service, as subscribers can upgrade their handset's capabilities by downloading the latest multimedia platform and software. KTF argued that its Multipack is superior to those based on Japan VM (virtual machine) or browser-oriented services, largely because the downloadable system consumers less electricity and sports faster multimedia operations. The company said it will set up its own multimedia broadcasting station in the first quarter of this year to offer personalized multimedia content services to subscribe