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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(yùn)營商7月10日表示他們將向手機(jī)用戶提供一項(xiàng)全新的干擾音服務(wù)，他們稱，這項(xiàng)服務(wù)是用來驅(qū)蚊的。
韓國鮮京電訊公司表示，定制此項(xiàng)服務(wù)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(nèi)驅(qū)趕蚊蟲，而人耳卻聽不見。用戶只需按幾下手機(jī)按鍵便可播放該聲波。
該公司宣稱此項(xiàng)服務(wù)在測試中運(yùn)行良好。
此項(xiàng)服務(wù)于7月7日開通，但它目前的一個缺點(diǎn)就是耗電量相當(dāng)于播放一般手機(jī)鈴聲。
鮮京電訊公司目前已經(jīng)擁有約1700萬用戶，國內(nèi)市場占有率已略超過50%。
(中國日報網(wǎng)站譯)
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Updated: 2003-07-14 01:00
