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To: Quincy who wrote (130099)	7/10/2003 10:47:02 AM
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Quinc, can WiMax do this? -- S Korea SK Telecom Offers Svc That Will Repel Mosquitoes Dow Jones News Service ~ July 10, 2003 ~ 7:14 am EST SEOUL (AP)--South Korea's largest mobile phone operator said Thursday that it will offer cell phone users a new noise service that it says will repel mosquitoes. SK Telecom Co. (SKM) said subscribers can pay 3,000 won ($1=KRW1,177.9) to download a sound wave that is inaudible to human ears but annoys mosquitoes within a range of one meter. Customers can then play the sound by hitting a few buttons on their mobile phones. The company claimed that the service worked during tests. The service, which begins Monday, has one drawback: it consumes as much battery power as normal cell phone rings. SK Telecom has 17 million subscribers and controls a little over 50% of the domestic market. -Edited by Kevin Lim (END) Dow Jones Newswires