UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

January 6, 2006

Commission File Number: 000-51631

WiderThan Co., Ltd. ———————————————————————————————————
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Republic of Korea ———————————————————————————————————
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

17F, K1 REIT Building 463 Chungjeong-Ro 3-Ga Seodaemun-Gu Seoul, 120-709, Korea
——————————————————————————————————— (Address of principal executive office)

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On January 6, 2006, WiderThan Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release
regarding the exercise in full by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the
underwriters of the Company’s initial public offering of common stock, of
their over-allotment option to purchase from the Company an additional 900,000
American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) representing common shares of the Company
at the initial public offering price of $12.00 per ADS.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibits
99.1 	Press Release issued on January 6, 2006



Exhibit 99.1




		NEWS
For Immediate Release

[WIDERTHAN LOGO]

		Investor Contact
		Tania Almond
		WiderThan
		571-521-1080
		ir@widerthan.com


WiderThan Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option


Seoul, South Korea – January 6, 2006 –  WiderThan Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: WTHN), a
leading global provider of integrated mobile entertainment solutions for
wireless carriers, announced that on December 21, 2005, J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as
representatives of the Underwriters of its initial public offering of common
stock, exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase from
WiderThan an additional 900,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs) representing
common shares of WiderThan at the initial public offering price of $12.00 per
ADS.

This press release and the information contained herein is not an offer to
sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy the American depositary shares
(“ADSs”) in the United States. The ADSs may not be offered or sold in the
United States in the absence of registration under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an exemption
from such registration requirement. The Company has registered the ADSs
pursuant to the Securities Act in connection with an offering, part of which
is expected to be conducted in the United States. Any public offering of the
ADSs to be made in the United States will be made only by means of a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act. Such prospectus,
copies of which may be obtained from the Company, will contain, among other
things, detailed information regarding the Company, its business and
management, as well as financial statements and other financial information
regarding the Company.

No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited by this press
release or the information contained herein and, if sent in response to this
press release or the information contained herein it will not be accepted.

About WiderThan
WiderThan is a leading provider of integrated mobile entertainment solutions
for wireless carriers. WiderThan’s applications, content and services enable
wireless carriers to a broad range of mobile entertainment, such as ringback
tones, music-on-demand, mobile games, ringtones, messaging and information
services, to their subscribers. WiderThan currently provides mobile
entertainment solutions to 42 wireless carriers in 17 countries, including SK
Telecom in Korea, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA and Verizon
Wireless in the United States, Bharti Airtel in India and Globe Telecom in the
Philippines.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		WiderThan Co., Ltd.

Date: January 6, 2006	By:	Sang Jun Park
	Name:	Sang Jun Park
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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