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SK Telecom Executes An Agreement for Jointly Developing A Music File CODEC Technology with Germany’s CT Company.
2006.02.16 PrintSK telecom aligns with audio CODEC technology holder.
The ’AAC+CODEC’ technology will enable SK Telecom to offer more upgraded COLORING services to its subscribers. This technology will also be applied to mobile music services in the near future.
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Se Hyun Oh (on right), executive vice-president and head of SK Telecom`s Strategic Technology Group, and Martin Dietz, CEO of CT, pose for a commemorative photo after signing the contract for the joint development of audio CODEC technology.
SK Telecom announced on February 16 that the company had reached an agreement for jointly developing an audio CODEC technology with Coding Technologies (CT), a major global player in the audio CODEC area. This technology will contribute to an increase in SK Telecom’s cellular ring-back-tone (COLORING) service quality.
The audio CODEC is a key technology for providing high-quality COLORING and cellular bell sound services because it allows for encoding and decoding music files in order to let users enjoy the music via mobile devices.
Through this agreement SK Telecom will secure the core technology of CODEC that offers music services that perfectly fit a mobile environment. This will help the company offer subscribers COLORING services that reproduce sounds as close to the original as possible.
CT has an original technology of ’AAC+(advanced audio codec plus) CODEC’ that can be used to download music files into a mobile phone. CT is supplying CODEC solutions for mobile phone, digital broadcasting and Internet music services, to the global market. Notably, the audio compression technology of ’AAC+CODEC? is suitable for mobile phone services as its audio data compression efficiency is higher than that of MP3 players.
"Through this agreement, SK Telecom will be making its utmost effort to develop the CODEC technology in cooperation with CT. This will let us be able to provide subscribers with high-quality mobile services" said Se Hyun Oh, executive vice-president and head of SK Telecom’s Strategic Technology Group. He also stated "The ’AAC+CODEC’ technology will be applied to premium COLORING services at first. Later we will extend its application to our mobile music services."
"We will be able to secure real-time streaming technology in a mobile environment due to jointly developing a technology with SK Telecom that will provide more advanced mobile services in the global telecom market. High-quality solutions applicable to a variety of mobile services will be available in the near future." said Martin Dietz, CEO of CT.
The audio CODEC is a key technology for providing high-quality COLORING and cellular bell sound services because it allows for encoding and decoding music files in order to let users enjoy the music via mobile devices.
Through this agreement SK Telecom will secure the core technology of CODEC that offers music services that perfectly fit a mobile environment. This will help the company offer subscribers COLORING services that reproduce sounds as close to the original as possible.
CT has an original technology of ’AAC+(advanced audio codec plus) CODEC’ that can be used to download music files into a mobile phone. CT is supplying CODEC solutions for mobile phone, digital broadcasting and Internet music services, to the global market. Notably, the audio compression technology of ’AAC+CODEC? is suitable for mobile phone services as its audio data compression efficiency is higher than that of MP3 players.
"Through this agreement, SK Telecom will be making its utmost effort to develop the CODEC technology in cooperation with CT. This will let us be able to provide subscribers with high-quality mobile services" said Se Hyun Oh, executive vice-president and head of SK Telecom’s Strategic Technology Group. He also stated "The ’AAC+CODEC’ technology will be applied to premium COLORING services at first. Later we will extend its application to our mobile music services."
"We will be able to secure real-time streaming technology in a mobile environment due to jointly developing a technology with SK Telecom that will provide more advanced mobile services in the global telecom market. High-quality solutions applicable to a variety of mobile services will be available in the near future." said Martin Dietz, CEO of CT.