Latest Telecoms News from Macau
SmarTone Wins 3G License in Macau
Hong Kong based SmarTone has announced that its Macau subsidiary has been granted a 3G license and plans to launch a WCDMA based network next year....
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Hutchison Telecom Seeking Loan Following Spin-Off
Hutchison Telecom is reported to be in talks to secure a HK$5.5 billion (US$710 million) loan to be injected into the company when it is spun off from its parent, Hutchison Whampoa....
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Hutchison Telecom Confirms Spin-Off Plans for Hong Kong Holdings
Hong Kong based Hutchison Telecom has reported a 16% rise in full-year revenues to HK$24 billion (US$3.1 billion) and an increase of 16.8% in EBITDA to HK$6.14 billion (US$791 million)....
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, vodafone, landline, hutchison-telecom, base-stations, gsm, hutchison, java, chief-financial-officer
Hutchison Telecom Profts Jump on Indonesian One-Off Sales
The Group's mobile customer base grew 68% in the past 12 months to 11.1 million, with a significant percentage of the increase comes from Indonesia. Hutchison Telecom also said that it continued to register a healthy growth of 3G customers in Israel, Hong Kong and Macau....
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Macau Operators Face 3G License Threat
Macau's 3G networks face a possible censure from the regulators if they miss a target of migrating all their existing 2G subscribers onto the 3G networks within two years of receiving their licenses....
Related Tags: roaming, china-unicom, wcdma, o2, hutchison-3g, ofcom, hutchison
Bank of China Launches Mobile Banking Service in Macau
Bank of China's Macau Branch and local GSM/3G network operator, CTM have launched a mobile banking service. The service, branded as "iT" will be made available through CTM's WeWap mobile Internet portal....
Related Tags: mobile-internet, mobile-banking
Ericsson Wins Indoor Coverage Contract in Macau
Ericsson has been selected by Macau's CTM (Companhia de Telecomunicacoes de Macau) to be the end-to-end integrator of indoor coverage to the largest single structure hotel in Asia and the second largest building in the world, The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel....
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China Unicom Launches a 3G Network in Macau
China Unicom has launched its 3G network in Macao, just a few days after Hutchison Telecom launched its own network in the Chinese Special Administrative Region....
Related Tags: sim-card, china-unicom, wcdma, cdma2000
Hutchison Telecom Macau Launches HSDPA Upgrade
Hutchison Telecom Macau - which trades as Three - has launched a HSDPA upgrade to its network today, according to NEC Corp, who had provided the network upgrade....
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