TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, announced that in cooperation with SK Telecom in Korea it launched an image data transmission service between users of the two operators.
It is the first international image data transmission service, according to KDDI.
Users of the service, called “multimedia e-mail service,” can send and receive photos that mobile users take with mobile handsets equipped with tiny cameras. The service is available between CDMA 1x handsets.
Both carriers launched the service targeting the World Cup Games to begin on 31 May simultaneously in Japan and Korea. KDDI launched its 1x service in April. SK Telecom launched its 1x service in September 2000, and in September 2001 it launched an e-mail service through which users can send and receive images.
KDDI and SK Telecom concluded an international roaming agreement in April 2001.
