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[wireless handsets] Digital tech-
nology has touched our lives in the
field of information and communi-
cations more than any other indus-
try. In 1998, we continued to raise
the performance and value stan-
dards that have made Samsung
CDMA (code division multiple
access) phones international best-
sellers. In addition to our ongoing
PCS handset supply agreement with
Sprint PCS in the U.S., we finalized
a $40 million CDMA cellular phone
deal with Brazil’s two largest carriers
and a US$60 million contract with
ICO (Intermediate Circular Orbit
Global Communications), a world-
wide digital voice, data, and GPS
(global positioning service) carrier, to
provide GMPCS (global mobile
personal communications by satel-
lite) handsets for the next two years.
Adding user-friendly features such as
voice dialing and local language
menu service support across our
entire CDMA and GSM (global
system for mobile communications)
phone lineup, ongoing R&D
advances helped us become the
world’s first to break the 100g PCS
(personal communications services)
handset barrier in March with the 98g
SPH-4100 flip phone. In September,
we added the sleek SCH-800 and
SPH-7000 models, a duo of high-
tech “folder-type” cellular and PCS
phones with the largest LCD displays
on the market.
“It’s incredible how fast digital
communications are catching on.
I’m proud to be selling systems
from a maker like Samsung that’s
constantly pushing the boundaries
of technology. To me, digital
technology is about bringing people
closer together. And Samsung does it
very well.”
Eric Floyd
sales manager
What’s it to us?
MOBILE PHONES
The compact SCH-2100
(CDMA PCS) and SGH-600
(GSM cellular) phones
debuted on international
markets with voice-
activated dialing and other
advanced features.
WATCH PHONE
Samsung miniaturization
technology puts a full-
featured CDMA phone into
a compact 39g package
worn on the wrist.
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