SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-Starfish Software has been chosen by H3G to implement a mobile infrastructure solution to enable over-the-air synchronization of consumer and corporate data."The agreement with Starfish is another step in our strategy to carry out high-quality infrastructures and technological platforms," said Bob Fuller,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-While industry gurus and market survey reports continue to pour cold water on the likely success of third generation (3G) technology, Hutchison 3G and Tele2 seem determined to overcome the pervading gloom that hangs over the technology. Both firms have recently committed...
NEW DELHI, India-The Thai government agency, Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT), plans to seek a foreign strategic partner as part of its restructuring exercise, prior to telecom deregulation next year. According to a government plan, CAT will be bifurcated into two companies -CAT Telecom...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will report a $4.7 billion write-down on its foreign investments, including $2.8 billion from its investment in U.S. operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc., $1 billion from Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. and $877.5 million from Dutch operator KPN Mobile...
TOKYO-Japanese vendor NEC Corp. has taken a 5-percent stake in two mobile-phone subsidiaries owned by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. for a total $73 million. The stakes are in Hong Kong mobile operator Hutchison Telephone Company Ltd., Hong Kong's largest mobile operator, and Hutchison 3G HK...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the fanfare surrounding Nokia's launch this week of its first third-generation (3G) handset, many insiders remain adamant that there are significant technological issues to resolve before the devices can be shipped in any volume. The well-known problem of dropped calls during...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. president Norio Wada said the telecommunications giant would discuss the possibility of writing down losses on its overseas investments including AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Hutchison 3G UK Ltd. and KPN Mobile NV.A Japanese business newspaper reported DoCoMo was expected to write...
HELSINKI, Finland-Telia has set US$100 million as the minimum bid price that the Swedish operator will accept for subsidiary Telia Mobile's assets and mobile business operations in Finland. The Swedish telecom company's price-setting exercise is regarded as a direct response to a bid...
LONDON-Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. announced agreements with five companies to deliver location-based services to its future U.K. third-generation subscribers. The agreements are with the U.K. national mapping agency Ordnance Survey and vendors Tele Altas, Whereonearth, Ionic Software and TCS.The agreements will provide Hutchison with...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Paraguayan Communications Company (Copaco) approved a 100-day reconstruction plan, which will help its search for a partner to install and operate a personal communications services (PCS) cellular telephone service in the cities of Asunci
OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to stimulate the third-generation (3G) content market, Hutchison 3G, which now wants to be known simply as 3, has launched a competition targeted at developers with a prize fund of
MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian carrier Hutchison Telecommunications has raised concerns about the launch of third-generation (3G) mobile communications if Telstra, which has a half stake in pay-television operator Foxtel, is permitted to bundle subscription television with other services.Hutchison's fears come in the wake of a proposal...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc has accepted the third-generation license it was offered in Ireland, after conducting a review. The operator made its initial $43.5 million payment for the $112 million "B" license.Last month, U.K.-based MmO2 also accepted a B license, and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. accepted...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Sweden-based Telia Mobile said it signed a framework agreement with third-generation operator Hi3G for colocating masts. Hi3G is the Swedish 3G subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and is building a UMTS network in the Nordic country. Under the agreement, Telia Mobile will lease...
HELSINKI, Finland-Four telecom groups, including Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa, Finnish-headed consortium Jippii/3i Venture, Radiolinja and 2G, confirmed they are vying to acquire Telia Mobile's third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) license in Finland. The sale by Sweden's Telia represents a key condition laid...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Regardless of the decision by KPN to make a 1.2 billion euros (US$1.2 billion) write-off on its 15-percent stake in Hutchison 3G, Hutchison Whampoa Managing Director Canning Fok has calmly stated that it does not plan to make a provision for its...
BEIJING-Motorola Inc. said a variety of carriers have signed contracts valued at more than $30 million for its customized Network Support Program, which allows customers to maximize the use of their networks for specific needs.Some of the customers include Hutchison Telecom in Hong Kong,...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-KPN Telecom has placed its U.K. third-generation stake up for sale in conjunction with reporting a record net loss in the second quarter. KPN Telecom, which owns 15 percent of Hutchison 3G in the United Kingdom, wrote down about $8.9 billion in...
NEW DELHI, India-Navin Communications, which supplies voice messaging services, has partnered with another Indian cellular operator, BPL Mobile, for its VMS services for prepaid subscribers. "The service is free and allows BPL subscribers to be reachable whether their mobile phones are switched off or...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Mobile operator Orange announced this week it is on course to record a profit by the fourth quarter of 2002. A subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia), Orange also declared that it is on target with its plans for the rollout of its third-generation...
LONDON-MmO2 confirmed that it accepted a third-generation license in Ireland for $112.4 million.The "B" license includes minimum requirements of 33-percent demographic coverage by the end of June 2006 and 53 -percent coverage by the end of June 2008. A first payment of $43.8 million...
NEW DELHI, India-Two consortia led by United Communications Industry (Ucom) and Lucent Technologies have been short listed at the end of the first round of bidding for the 15 billion baht (US$353.6 million) CDMA expansion project of Thai government agency Communications Authority of Thailand...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Orange SA has requested from the Swedish telecom regulator a three-year extension for building out its third-generation network in Sweden. Sweden's 3G license conditions include having an operational network by the end of 2003.Orange would like to delay its rollout until the end...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an effort to calm the nerves of the third-generation (3G) community, Canning Fok, Hutchison's managing director, said reports of call handover problems between current-generation and 3G networks would not result in an excessive number of connections being dropped. Hutchison claimed that...
