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First Korean service provider to enable Korean SMS in China, transmission/reception between China Unicom and SK telecom subscribers.
KRW 100 per message when transmitting to China, low cost compared to international SMS. Plan to expand to China Mobile subscribers by the end of the year.
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From October 23, SK Telecom provides `Korea-China Korean SMS services`, the first domestic company to do so, allowing transmission and reception of text messages in Hangul with China Unicom subscribers
Not only transmission but reception of SMS messages from China in Hangul (Korean characters) is now possible.
From October 23, SK Telecom provides "Korea-China Korean SMS services", the first domestic company to do so, allowing transmission and reception of text messages in Hangul with China Unicom subscribers.
Korean mobile phone subscribers have been able to send and receive SMS or MMS messages in English to overseas mobile phone subscribers. Korean text messages could only be exchanged with roaming customers in countries where automatic roaming with SK Telecom is possible (U.S., China, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Saipan). This is the first time that subscribers can send and receive text messages in Korean to mobile phone subscribers overseas.
China Unicom’s CDMA subscribers in China can exchange SMS messages in Hangul with SK Telecom subscribers in Korea. Also, subscribers to China Unicom’s CDMA services can exchange Korean text messages with one another.
Subsequently, users including the approximately 1.2 million Korean students in China, and ethnic Koreans in China with relatives in Korea, can use their handset and mobile number to send and receive Korean text messages.
When a user sends international SMS from Korea to China, KRW 100-150 is charged per message (based on fixed line international call services). Korea-China Hangul SMS costs KRW 100 per message (excluding VAT), and KRW 60 per message when sending from China to Korea, thus making usage of SMS services much cheaper.
When a text message is sent from China to Korea, China Unicom subscribers must download a separate "Virtual Machine" provided by UNISK (President Lim Jin-Chae, wireless Internet service, China-based joint venture between SK Telecom and China Unicom) and dial "9482+mobile phone number in Korea", while SK Telecom subscribers must dial "#+86(China country code)+mobile phone number in China" to transmit a message. When a Korean language-enabled handset is used in China, a separate VM need not be downloaded.
Along with the "Korea-China Hangul SMS Service", SK Telecom plans to provide Korean language text services to subscribers of China Mobile by the end of the year. By early next year, it plans to enable the transmission of SMS in not only Korean but Chinese characters as well.
Through "Korea-China Korean/Chinese SMS Services", SK Telecom and UNISK plan to contribute to increased exchange between the two countries going forward, and launch diverse lifestyle-related services that can enhance the convenience of Koreans in China and Chinese in Korea.
SK Telecom also revealed that text messages in China and Korea can be received for free.
From October 23, SK Telecom provides "Korea-China Korean SMS services", the first domestic company to do so, allowing transmission and reception of text messages in Hangul with China Unicom subscribers.
Korean mobile phone subscribers have been able to send and receive SMS or MMS messages in English to overseas mobile phone subscribers. Korean text messages could only be exchanged with roaming customers in countries where automatic roaming with SK Telecom is possible (U.S., China, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Saipan). This is the first time that subscribers can send and receive text messages in Korean to mobile phone subscribers overseas.
China Unicom’s CDMA subscribers in China can exchange SMS messages in Hangul with SK Telecom subscribers in Korea. Also, subscribers to China Unicom’s CDMA services can exchange Korean text messages with one another.
Subsequently, users including the approximately 1.2 million Korean students in China, and ethnic Koreans in China with relatives in Korea, can use their handset and mobile number to send and receive Korean text messages.
When a user sends international SMS from Korea to China, KRW 100-150 is charged per message (based on fixed line international call services). Korea-China Hangul SMS costs KRW 100 per message (excluding VAT), and KRW 60 per message when sending from China to Korea, thus making usage of SMS services much cheaper.
When a text message is sent from China to Korea, China Unicom subscribers must download a separate "Virtual Machine" provided by UNISK (President Lim Jin-Chae, wireless Internet service, China-based joint venture between SK Telecom and China Unicom) and dial "9482+mobile phone number in Korea", while SK Telecom subscribers must dial "#+86(China country code)+mobile phone number in China" to transmit a message. When a Korean language-enabled handset is used in China, a separate VM need not be downloaded.
Along with the "Korea-China Hangul SMS Service", SK Telecom plans to provide Korean language text services to subscribers of China Mobile by the end of the year. By early next year, it plans to enable the transmission of SMS in not only Korean but Chinese characters as well.
Through "Korea-China Korean/Chinese SMS Services", SK Telecom and UNISK plan to contribute to increased exchange between the two countries going forward, and launch diverse lifestyle-related services that can enhance the convenience of Koreans in China and Chinese in Korea.
SK Telecom also revealed that text messages in China and Korea can be received for free.