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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. said subscribers can pay 3,000 won (US.50) to download a sound wave that is inaudible to human ears but annoys mosquitoes within a range of three feet. 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 percent of the domestic market.
(Agencies)
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韓國最大的移動電話運營商7月10日表示他們將向手機用戶提供一項全新的干擾音服務，他們稱，這項服務是用來驅蚊的。
韓國鮮京電訊公司表示，定制此項服務的用戶只需花3000韓元（合2.50美元）便可下載一種聲波。這種聲波可以在三英尺的范圍內驅趕蚊蟲，而人耳卻聽不見。用戶只需按幾下手機按鍵便可播放該聲波。
該公司宣稱此項服務在測試中運行良好。
此項服務于7月7日開通，但它目前的一個缺點就是耗電量相當于播放一般手機鈴聲。
鮮京電訊公司目前已經擁有約1700萬用戶，國內市場占有率已略超過50%。
(中國日報網站譯)
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Updated: 2003-07-14 01:00
