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Hong Kong awaits New Year 3G
News Hong Kong's first commercial 3G cellphone service will finally launch in early January, said Hutchison Whampoa Group, with NEC agreeing to deliver 3G handsets. Hutchison 3G Hong Kong, a wireless service under the Hong Kong-based conglomerate...
[December 23, 2003, 8:55]
Hutchison reveals name of 3G service
News Despite being a newcomer to the UK mobile scene, Hutchison Whampoa has proved that it can compete with the best of them when it comes to labelling itself with a seemingly meaningless title. I can confirm that 3 will be the name for our 3G...
[July 3, 2002, 10:44]
3 warms to business services
News Three, the international 3G network backed by Hutchison Whampoa, has made its first steps toward offering business-oriented data services, an area soon to be exploited by other 3G operators in Europe.
[February 23, 2004, 12:15]
Hutchison takes huge losses as 3G sales disappoint
News In its financial results for the first six months of this year, released on Thursday, parent company Hutchison Whampoa revealed that it had 155,000 3G customers in the UK, 300,000 in Italy and 50,000 in Australia -- the three territories where it...
[August 21, 2003, 16:15]
3 misses subscriber target by half
News The disappointing results did not come as a surprise because in its financial results for the first six months of 2003, which were released last August, parent company Hutchison Whampoa revealed that it had signed up 155,000 3G customers in the UK.
[March 19, 2004, 13:25]
Hutchison sees end to phone drought
News Hutchison Whampoa is gearing up to take the 3G market by force, with a glut of handsets, a new Asian launch and possible flotation all being talked up as a change in fortunes for the beleaguered 3G phone company.
[December 16, 2003, 15:00]
Hutchison 3G tipped to buy mobile phone group
News Hutchison Whampoa holds a 65 percent stake in Hutchison 3G. Hutchison 3G, the only holder of a UK third-generation licence not to already operate a mobile network in this country, is being tipped to buy a chain of high street shops.
[December 17, 2001, 11:39]
Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH Integrates Platform for Greater Autonomy and Faster Reaction Times
White Papers Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited of Hong Kong, is the first purely Universal Mobile TelecommunicationS (UMTS) provider in Austria. The challenge was to unify and streamline financial, sales, and...
[May 17, 2007, 1:00]
Video phone sales 'struggling'
News The subscriber numbers of Hutchison 3G's 3, the UK's first third-generation high-speed mobile phone service, will be revealed on 21 August when parent Hutchison Whampoa announces its financial report.
[August 11, 2003, 16:35]
Priceline Asia to launch by year end
News Hutchison-Priceline is a six-month-old partnership between the Nasdaq-listed company and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. Hutchison and Cheung Kong together own approximately 30 percent of Priceline.com.
[August 10, 2001, 17:26]
3 denies fresh sale rumours
News The spokesperson also pointed out that Hutchison Whampoa, 3's parent company, "categorically denies speculation regarding the sale" of any of its mobile operator companies. Hutchison has had to make several such statements recently, following...
[November 27, 2006, 12:31]
3 and Japanese telco team for video telephony
News Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, a major shareholder of 3, has already launched 3G services in countries such as Italy, Austria Sweden and Australia. Application for the service is not required, and users simply need to dial 009130-010-44...
[September 18, 2003, 11:40]
News Schmooze: Record companies smack Net users
News Hutchison Whampoa reminded us this week that in the West, new wireless technologies are mainly seen as an opportunity to present the public with a new acronym to remember. Hutchison reveals name of 3G service
[July 5, 2002, 11:35]
3 goes Android with Spotify-bundled Hero
News The spokesperson could not comment on whether 3 will bring out an INQ handset that incorporates the Spotify service.is a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa, whose chairman, Li Ka-shing, is an investor in Spotify.
[October 19, 2009, 13:03]
Operators signal 3G watershed
News Earlier phone shortages had caused revenue problems for Hutchison Whampoa, 3's parent company. The companies join Hutchison's 3 UK, which launched services nearly a year ago, on 3 March, 2003. The launch by Vodafone and T-Mobile of mobile data...
[February 18, 2004, 14:25]
Priceline to unveil second Asian site
News Priceline's Asian business is operated by Hutchison-Priceline, its joint venture with Hong Kong conglomerates Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong. Hutchison-Priceline says it helps travellers save up to 30 percent off average market rates.
[May 24, 2002, 7:32]
3 UK behind target
Blog According to Hutchison Whampoa supremo Li Ka-shing (that's a money-making name if I ever heard one), 3 UK is "slightly over one year behind budget", which is the sort of talk likely to fuel those persistent rumours of a sale.
[January 11, 2007, 11:20]
3 nears break-even mark
News In announcing its half year results, 3's parent company Hutchison Whampoa revealed that 3's subscriber numbers have risen to 3.2 million, up from March's figure of three million. Hutchison, which operates in eight territories worldwide, has also...
[August 26, 2005, 9:55]
Motorola's Symbian phone could give 3G a lift
News Earlier this month, parent company Hutchison Whampoa revealed that there are 155,000 3 subscribers in the UK, so Hutchison has its work cut out to reach an earlier target of one million users by the end of 2003.
[August 29, 2003, 14:25]
3 UK set for pre-pay 3G offering
News Hutchison Whampoa, 3's parent company, recently launched 3G services in Hong Kong, and also operates next-generation networks in the UK, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Australia. Before Christmas it had signed up around 750,000 users worldwide, and the...
[February 18, 2004, 17:00]
