] 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.

Noise from phone can chase mosquitoes