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Articles tagged with: H3G and Hutchison 3G
UK Operators Facing Further Cuts in Mobile Termination Rates
The UK's Competition Commission has ruled that the mobile operators should lower their landline to mobile termination rates by around 20% by 2010/11 - and to a rate which is lower than was proposed by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom. more
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Hutchison 3G Italy Ordered to Suspend Debt Collection for 3G Data Charges
Hutchison 3G Italy has been ordered to suspend debt collection procedures against customers who are contesting their mobile data charges. The Italian Competition Authority issued the order after it launched an investigation to determine whether the operator had used unfair commercial practices regarding tariff plans for internet use. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, roaming, usb-modem, gprs, modem, Italy
Setback for O2 in Hutchison 3G UK Trademark Dispute
A legal opinion from the European Court of Justice has found that the use of a competitors trademark in an advertisement is permitted under EU advertising rules. The decison comes from an appeal by UK operator O2 over the use of its "bubbles" trademark in an advert by rival operator, Hutchison 3G UK. more
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Is a Hutchison 3G Withdrawal from Europe Imminent?
An analyst note from Merrill Lynch has resurrected the debate about the future of Hutchison 3G (h3g) in Europe, suggesting that a sale could be imminent. Their report focuses primarily on the benefits to the telecoms industry as a whole from losing a competitor from the market, but certainly cited some compelling reasons why a sale could occur fairly shortly. more
Related Tags: termination-rates, ipo
Austria's First 3G Videomail Service
Hutchison 3G Austria (h3g) says that it will launch the first mobile Videomail service in Austria one month ahead of Christmas, just in time to send festive video-greeting to friends and relatives. The service is facilitated by LogicaCMG's uOne solution. Videomail is the enriched multimedia version of traditional voicemail, taking advantage of the enhanced capabilities of 3G networks. With LogicaCMG's uOne platform, when a call is unanswered, the caller receives a personalised video greeting from the recipient followed by the option to record a video message in return. more
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Last Friday an arbitration panel of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce issued a ruling in the long-running arbitration proceedings between Hutchison International Limited ("HIL") and Hutchison 3G Italia and CIRtel International, a minority shareholder in Hutchison 3G Italia. more
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KPN Mobile and Hutchison Whampoa have resolved their disputes regarding Hutchison 3G UK, in which KPN Mobile has a 15% stake. more
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Hutchison 3G reshuffles top management
Hutchison 3G UK's Managing Director, Colin Tucker has been promoted to take on an overall role in Hutchison's rollout of their 3G networks worldwide. He has been promoted to become the Deputy Chairman of 3 UK. In addition, he will also be appointed Deputy Chairman of the HWL European Telecommunication Group and to the main boards of HWL's "3" operations in Italy, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Israel and Australia. In his new capacity, Dr Tucker will serve as a principal advisor to the HWL Group Managing Director in relation to HWL's ongoing roll-out and development of "3" services worldwide. more
Related Tags: 3-uk, hutchison-3g-uk
Cramer Systems has said that Hutchison 3G will use its network inventory solution for 3's Swedish network. 3 is using Cramer as part of an agreement with Teleca, which will install and integrate Cramer with other Operations Support Systems. Together with Teleca, Cramer will help 3 to realize savings and efficiencies as it rolls out its new 3G network in Sweden. Cramer will automate the network plan and build process, and provide fast, accurate provisioning of bandwidth to support popular 3G wireless applications. more
NEC buys stake in Hutchison 3G license holder
NEC has announced that it is taking a 5% stake in both the Hong Kong & Macau operator, Hutchison Telephone, and the Hong Kong 3G license holder, Hutchison 3G HK Holdings for a total cash consideration of US$73 million. more
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