(Source: Digital Media Asia) SK Telecom has launched ‘Korea-China Korean SMS services’ allowingtransmission and reception of text messages in Hangul with China Unicomsubscribers.Korean mobile phone subscribers have been sending and receiving SMSor MMS messages in English to or from overseas mobile phonesubscribers. However, Korean text messages could only be exchanged withroaming customers in countries where automatic roaming with SK Telecomis possible (US, China, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand). Withthe launch of the new service, China Unicom’s CDMA subscribers in Chinawill also be able to exchange SMS messages in Hangul with SK Telecomsubscribers in Korea. Also, subscribers to China Unicom’s CDMA serviceswill be able to exchange Korean text messages with one another.Subsequently, users in China will be able to use their handset and mobile number to send and receive Korean text messages.Along with the new SMS Service, SK Telecom plans to provide Koreanlanguage text services to subscribers of China Mobile by the end of theyear. By early next year, the company plans to enable the transmissionof SMS in not only Korean but Chinese characters as well.