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Articles tagged with: Hutchison Telecom
Vodafone's $2 Billion Indian Tax Battle Rumbles On
India's Income Tax department has issued a notice to Vodafone asking it to explain why the company feels that the Tax Department does not have the necessary jurisdiction to proceed with its tax liability claim against it. The tax liability relates to the US$11.2 billion purchase of Hutchison Essar in 2007. more
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Vodafone-Hutchison Joint Venture to Cut 450 Jobs in Australia
The recently merged Vodafone Australia / Hutchison Telecom joint venture has announced the closure of its call center in Melbourne and the outsourcing of the jobs to India and Tasmania. more
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Nokia Siemens Networks Wins 3G Upgrade Contract in Hong Kong
Nokia Siemens Networks says that it has won a five-year upgrade contract from Hong Kong's Hutchison Telecom to upgrade its network to HSPA+. Nokia Siemens Networks will also deploy its NetAct network management system to monitor, manage and optimize the network, and offer a comprehensive range of services including maintenance and competence development training. more
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CAT Telecom Seeking Overseas Partner for 3G Network
Thailand's CAT Telecom is to seek a partner to assist it in bidding for a 3G licenses and roll out the network when successful. CAT executive committee chairman Krisda Kaweeyarn told The Nation newspaper that the board had told management to study several possible partnership models and that the potential partner could be either a local or a foreign telecom operator. more
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Hutchison Telecom Sells 51% Stake in Israeli Mobile Network
Hong Kong registered Hutchison Telecom has announced the long expected sale of its Israeli subsidiary, Partner Communications. The sale of Hutchison's 51% stake is to the local handset distributor, Scailex Corp for approximately US$1.38 billion. more
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Hutchison Confirms Talking to Bidders for Israeli Operator Stake
Following a further spate of reports that Hong Kong based Hutchison Telecom is looking to sell its stake in the Israeli operator, Partner, the firm has confirmed that it has been approached by potential buyers. more
CAT Telecom Seeking Outside Investor for 3G Launch
The new President of Thai network operator, CAT Telecom, Jirayuth Roongsrithong says that he will prioritise taking over Hutchison's CDMA network in the central provinces and integrating it into a single national CDMA network. more
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Hong Kong Operator Launches Visual Voicemail Service
Comverse has announced that 3 Hong Kong, the mobile operation of Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong, has launched Hong Kong's first visual voicemail service. Instead of dialing in for voice messages, users can see information about each voicemail in a message inbox, such as sender, time of call and message length and then click and listen to any message. Users also can delete and reply any message. more
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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. Sources told the South China Morning Post that at least five lenders had shown "strong interest" in joining the loan because of their good relationship with the borrower more
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New GSM Network to Launch in Vietnam
Hutchison Telecom has announced that its Vietnamese operation, Vietnamobile will launch its GSM services tomorrow ( 9th April). Vietnamobile, the partnership between Hutchison Telecom and Hanoi Telecom Joint Stock Company, will launch its service over its GSM network with footprint present at 64 provinces in Vietnam. more
Related Tags: cdma, ericsson, ovi, nortel, gsm, hutchison, Vietnam