] South Korea's largest mobile phone operator said Thursday ] that it will offer cell phone users a new noise service ] that it says will repel mosquitoes. ] ] SK Telecom said subscribers can pay 3,000 won (US$2.50) ] to download a sound wave that is inaudible to human ears ] but annoys mosquitoes within a range of three feet. ] Customers can then play the sound by hitting a few ] buttons on their mobile phones. ] ] The company claimed that the service worked during tests. ] ] The service, which begins Monday, has one drawback: it ] consumes as much battery power as normal cell phone ] rings. ] ] SK Telecom has 17 million subscribers and controls a ] little over 50% of the domestic market. Sweet. Now if only they could come up with a repellant that worked on those OTHER pests, namely telemarketers. |