Orange plc formed an alliance with Motorola Inc. for a range of devices tailored to the Orange brand that will be available in the second half of the year. The Motorola V500 and V600 handsets will include flip screens, Bluetooth, integrated cameras, full-color browsers,...
LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. wants an independent evaluation of its U.K. third-generation business as part of its legal battle with Dutch company KPN Telecom. KPN is looking to sell its 15-percent stake in Hutchison 3G U.K. and has refused to contribute more funding to the...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. released further details and expanded their previously announced agreement to cooperate on the development and promotion of third-generation W-CDMA services.Under the partnership, the companies will collaborate on handsets, standards, international roaming and radio technology. DoCoMo...
LONDON-Hutchison 3G has inked a deal with sports content distributor Extreme International under which some of Extreme's sports video clips will be delivered to third-generation mobile handsets.Under the terms of the agreement, Extreme will supply 3, Hutchison's 3G operator, with sports video and mobile...
For those who serenade wideband CDMA as the authentic third-generation protocol, Qualcomm Inc.-inspired cdma2000 is no more than a counterfeit David dueling the shadow of the giant to come. When the giant comes, in all its messianic glories of data and voice, cdma2000 will...
LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa has launched legal action against partner KPN Telecom for refusing to contribute a loan for the two companies' third-generation U.K. business, Hutchison 3G U.K., which operates under the 3 brand name.Earlier this year, 3 U.K. asked its three shareholders for more funds....
LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G U.K. will slash prices for its third-generation services beginning Monday. The two new service packages offer up to a 50-percent savings compared with similar plans on the market.With VideoTalk 500, users get 500 voice minutes for $41.50 per month. For...
Playboy Enterprises has signed its first major mobile carrier agreement through a deal with Hutchison's third-generation operations. The agreement covers rights to provide Playboy's print, online and broadcast libraries to wireless customers in markets where Hutchison has 3G companies.The Hong Kong-based operator has focused...
VIENNA, Austria-Two mobile operators have launched UMTS services in Austria, highlighting a new 3G momentum on the European continent.The two carriers, Mmobilkom Austria and Hutchison 3G Austria, are emphasizing video telephony in their marketing strategies. Mmobilkom rolled out Siemens AG's mobile phones, the U10,...
Hutchison's 3 is one of the European carriers to blaze the trail for third-generation UMTS technology with a launch of its services in Sweden, emphasizing mobile video communication."We offer today mobile video and other advanced services at attractive prices for the frequent user of...
VIENNA, Austria-Two mobile operators have launched UMTS services in Austria, highlighting a new 3G momentum on the European continent.The two carriers, Mmobilkom Austria and Hutchison 3G Austria, are emphasizing video telephony in their marketing strategies. Mmobilkom rolled out Siemens AG's mobile phones, the U10,...
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.-Location services company Autodesk Inc. said it has been recognized by the Open GIS Consortium as a co-author of the proposed OpenGIS Location Services Implementation Specification.The Open GIS Consortium is working to define an XML-based standard for location service interfaces and help...
BERLIN-German telecommunications company Mobilcom AG is reportedly set to sell-off its third-generation wireless licenses and network following its decision last year to stop development of the network and write down the value of the licenses as part of a multibillion dollar bailout by minority...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-KPN Mobile has decided not to grant a shareholder loan of $239 million to Hutchison 3G U.K. Holding in which it holds a 15-percent stake. Earlier this week, Japan's NTT DoCoMo agreed to loan Hutchison 3G U.K. $315 million in line...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Strict planning rules governing the location of third-generation (3G) transmitter masts look as if they could leave some regions of Scotland without access to the new mobile services. Hutchison 3G and MmO2 claim moratoria imposed by some Scottish councils to prevent masts...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will grant a 37.8 billion yen (US$315 million) loan to Hutchison 3G U.K. Holding. NTT DoCoMo holds 20 percent of the company. Hutchison made financial calls to partners DoCoMo and Dutch company KPN Mobile...
LONDON-NEC Corp. and Siemens AG said they have completed the first phase of a European commercial 3G radio network for Hutchison 3G UK, which trades as 3.Both companies are supplying 3 UK's radio access network and radio network controller equipment in London and Southern...
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria this week became the third European operator and the first Austrian operator to launch commercial third-generation services. Mobilkom Austria announced a "technical launch" of its UMTS network last September, but it did not begin offering commercial service at that time due...
NEW YORK-Third-generation network provider Hutchison provided further details of its Australian launch, as well as concrete information on Motorola Inc.'s 3G A920 handset.Information on the handset was first inadvertently disclosed on the Federal Communications Commission's Internet site. Hutchison said the A920 will be available...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a contract to supply carrier 3 with W-CDMA equipment in Denmark.The deal comprises radio and transmission, as well as core gear."The network will be fully integrated with 3's Swedish network, which is also supplied by Ericsson," said...
BANGKOK, Thailand-Motorola Inc. said it has signed a contract with Hutchison Wireless Multimedia Holdings to provide a platform to enable the carrier to create and deploy innovative applications."The Network Enabling Services Platform is an element of the Motorola Global Applications Management Architecture solution that...
LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G U.K. has conceded to handset subsidies, with prices of its handsets dropping by as much as $450 from its original prices announced in February, according to current details on its Web site. Handsets in February retailed as high as $731,...
BANGKOK, Thailand-Hutchison CAT Wireless MultiMedia Ltd. (HCWML), a joint venture between Hutchison Wireless MultiMedia Holdings Ltd. and The Communications Authority of Thailand, has chosen Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector to implement its Network Enabling Services Platform, which will run on Kabira's OSA/Parlay Gateway solution....
MELBOURNE, Australia-Vodafone announced it will launch its Vodafone Live! service from 21 April. The service offering will include multimedia messaging service (MMS) and polyphonic ring tones. At the same time, Hutchison Telecommunications announced that its third-generation (3G) service will begin 15 April. It will...
