Press Release
For Immediate Release
6/05/2003
HI CORPORATION
XCE Corporatio
HI CORPORATION and XCE Supply 3D Engine to
SKT Corporation of South Korea for GIGA Project
HI CORPORATION (head office: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO Kazuo Kawabata) and XCE Corporation (head office : Seoul, Korea; president Ju Hyeok Kim,) announced that a decision was made for the two companies to supply the 3D rendering engine called "Mascot Capsule Engine Micro3D Edition" for the "GIGA Project" series of mobile phones which were formally unveiled by SKT Corporation on 20 May. This engine will become the first 3D engine to be formally embedded in mobile phones in South Korea.
This decision will result in the provision of Mascot Capsule Engine-operated 3D content to be presented on mobile phones in South Korea, which in turn is expected to create markets for mobile 3D content in South Korea.
HI CORPORATION and XCE Corporation are jointly developing entertainment content that makes full use of the capabilities of this 3D engine for successive release starting from the scheduled release date of the GIGA phone.
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About GIGA Project |
The GIGA Project is a next-generation mobile phone project promoted by SK Telecom.
Multimedia is a buzzword in the mobile internet market. Reflecting this trend, carriers and device manufacturers are devising releases of multi-functional high-end phones with features such as a camera, color screen and multi-poly sound. The GIGA project aims to build an environment where the user can download and play mobile rich media such as mobile 3D or mobile flash in the very high-end devices with an acceleration chip (ex. Nazomi JA108 etc). SK Telecom, handset manufacturers, chip manufacturers, solution providers and content providers participate in the GIGA project for promoting the mobile internet market. GIGA phones enhance the performance of applications running and dramatically increase the performance (5 to 6 times more graphics processing performance than an ordinary phone) of multimedia (2D/3D Graphics, Video, Audio, Animation and JPEG imaging) while reducing power consumption. |
| About SKT |
SK Telecom is the No. 1 company in telecommunications in Korea. SK Telecom launched its first move into the cellular service market in 1985, and the new era of the Korean information communication industry was opened wide. From providing the world's first commercial synchronized IMT-2000 services to acquiring an asynchronous IMT-2000 service license, now SK Telecom has every technological solution and global competitiveness for 3rd generation mobile communications services.
We provide top call quality in spite of the unfavorable radio transmission environment in Seoul where the usage rate of cellular phones is the highest in the world. At present, SK Telecom provides cellular service nationwide through a CDMA-based network that covers approximately 99% of the Korean population.
SK Telecom has an efficient service network with over 1,700 branch offices and sales agencies nationwide. In order to furnish prompt and accurate customer service, our customer service center is open 24 hours a day. Furthermore, our computer system for billing and customer service provides fast and accurate services to our 15 million subscribers, the nation's largest subscriber base. |
| XCE Corporation |
XCE was established as an intra-venture company at SK Telecom in March, 2000. XCE has attracted U$1.3 million (13%) from Hikari Tsushin Capital, a Japanese venture capital, and U$0.83 million (8%) from Korea Development Bank in 2001. In addition, SKT, the largest domestic mobile carrier (MS 53%), holds about 4% of XCE shares.
XCE has provided a Java-based wireless Internet platform for mobile devices such as handsets and PDA's branded "SK-VM" using domestic technologies in accordance with the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) specification that has been adopted as the international standard to SK Telecom. SK-VM has won recognition from the international mobile market. XCE made a contract with No. 2 Israeli mobile carrier Pelephone in April and with APBW, a mobile telecom service provider in Taiwan in December 2002. SK-VM ported handsets exceeded 10 Million units as of the end of April domestically and 2 million overseas. XCE's 2003 plan is installing SK-VM in 20 million terminals in the world. |
- Mascot Capsule is a registered trademark of HI CORPORATION.
- The names of other products and companies mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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