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Sales Of 3G Handsets Tipped To Rise 117 pct In's Korea This Year

http://au.news.yahoo.com/041118/3/rsa1.html

SEOUL, Nov 18 Asia in Focus - Sales of third generation (3G) mobile phones, which offer high-speed Internet access via handsets, are forecast to expand 117 per cent this year in South Korea, market researcher ARC GROUP said. The London-based market researcher forecast in a report that 3G handset sales would account for 55 per cent of total mobile phone sales in the country this year.

* South Korea's SK TELECOM CO. and KTF CO. are now pushing ahead with sales of faster mobile phones based on U.S.-based QUALCOMM INC.'s CDMA2000 1X EV-DO technology.

* Arc said that, apart from South Korea and Japan, it expects global 3G handset sales to show slower-than-expected growth until next year.

SUMMARY

Sales of third generation (3G) mobile phones to expand 117 pct this year in S Korea: UK research group

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