SK Telecom, provider of cellular service and multimedia Internet/online communication service Netsgo, said today that it is inaugurating on April 12 011 CyberNET service allowing Internet access on cellular phone.
011 CyberNET is a real-time-based interactive information access service and allows users to access databases and download menu program to retrieve data or store documents drawn up on handsets in databases using cellular phone.
The company said it has recently increased its SMS facilities to a total of four units to provide an enhanced interactive data service 011 CyberNET. It also said that it "succeeded in eliminating delays in sending replies that frequently appear in data transmission and retrieval services currently available by other mobile service providers," and "SK Telecom’s new service enables real time data access."
011 CyberNET offers text-based data retrieved from contents available on the Internet through Netsgo and other online services. The contents available include information on places, events and restaurants worth visiting, sports scores, movies, stock quotes and coupons. Netizens can also send and receive email or swap their opinions using online bulletin boards.
Subscribers can use the service by selecting CyberNET in the menu on their mobile handsets or pressing the access code for the service. This makes the service menu appear on the screen that allows users to surf the Net on the phone just like they do on their PCs by clicking on the menu.
Only users that have handsets with CyberNET feature can use the service. All new models for Speed 011 including Samsung’s SCH-6200 that will become available from April 12 will have the feature, and subscribers with old models can use CyberNET service by having their handsets upgraded free of charge in May.