Samsung plans to release a phone that can receive satellite TV signals and launch a service package that lets customers receive up to 40 stations.
The company expects to launch both the service and the handset, called the Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) phone, in the third quarter.
The phone and service at first will be available only in South Korea, but the company often brings phones to other markets after assessing domestic sales, Ike Chung, vice president of mobile sales and marketing for Samsung, said in an interview here. He added that Samsung developed the chip that makes the DMB service possible.
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