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Articles tagged with: Hutchison 3G and Kpn
EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies
Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007. more
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EU Investigating Mobile Operators Over Blocking of VoIP Services
The European Union is looking at whether blocks on VoIP service by Europe's mobile phone operators might breach competition laws. The European Commission, the EU antitrust authority has sent letters to each of the mobile phone operators asking them what actions, if any, they take to affect internet based voice calls. more
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Japan's NTT DoCoMo Jan-Mar Group Net Profit Pluges 43%
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- NTT DoCoMo said Friday its group net profit tumbled 43% on year in the January-March quarter, partly due to higher sales promotion costs. more
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Cingular Joins Handset Industry Body
Cingular Wireless has joined the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) - the operator lead community that sets recommendations for service enablers on mobile devices. Certicom, Jaluna, Trango Systems, Openwave and Access have also recently joined the OMTP community, giving a wider industry view of security, hardware, Operating Systems and browser technology. more
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UK PRESS:DoCoMo Mulling Invest Opportunities Abroad Again
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.TO) is looking for investment and business opportunities abroad to cushion the impact of dwindling revenues at home and counter the entry of mobile services using Internet protocol technology, the Financial Times reported on its Web site Wednesday, citing the head of DoCoMo's global business department. more
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Hutchison Buys Back 4.1% HTIL Stake From DoCoMo
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (0013.HK), the conglomerate owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing, said Wednesday it is buying back a 4.1% stake in its Hutchison Telecommunications International, or HTIL, (2332.HK) unit from Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM). more
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Hong Kong Hutchison To Book HK$9.4 Billion Profit On 3G UK Acquisition
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (0013.HK) said Tuesday it will book a HK$9.4 billion profit in the first half of this year by completing the acquisition of stakes in its third-generation unit in the U.K. from KPN Mobile N.V. (KPM.YY) and NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM). more
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KPN considering hostile takeover of mmO2
KPN has refused to rule out a hostile takeover bid for mmO2 after their latest round of friendly talks collapsed. KPN says that it approached mmO2 regarding a friendly takeover, but the company broke off talks last week. Any takeover would cost KPN at least US$19 billion. 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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NEC out-sources 3G production to China
NEC and has announced an agreement in principle for the USA based, Solectron to provide manufacturing and after-sales services for NEC's 3G handsets. In an expansion of the relationship between the two companies, Solectron would be the outsourced manufacturer of NEC's 3G mobile terminal products, or handsets, for markets outside of Japan. NEC, which currently produces these products in Japan, plans to gradually transfer production to Solectron's facility in Suzhou, China, after initial pilot production of each new product in Japan. more
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