[Korea.net News, Science / Tech, April 15 2007] KTF-invested Malaysian firm begins 3G mobile service

U Mobile Co., a Malaysian mobile carrier invested in by Korea's KTF Co., has launched a video-based third-generation (3G) mobile phone service, the South Korean company said Tuesday (Apr. 15).

U Mobile, in which KTF and NTT DoCoMo Inc. of Japan invested a combined $200 million to purchase a 33 percent joint stake last December, held a ceremony to launch its 3G service in Kuala Lumpur earlier in the day, KTF said in a statement.