Articles tagged with: Hutchison and H3G
Vodafone, Hutchison Whampoa to Merge Australian Networks
Vodafone and hutchison Whampoa have announced plans to merge their Australian networks to form a single mobile operator. Both companies will own 50% of the joint venture - which will retain the Vodafone brand name, although they retain the rights to the "three" brand as well. To equalise the value difference between the respective businesses, Vodafone will receive a deferred payment of A$500 million (US$337 million) from the joint venture company, VHA (Vodafone hutchison Australia). more
Related Tags: itu, vodafone, hutchison-whampoa, cfo, Australia
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
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, hutchison-3g-uk, vodafone, o2, hutchison-3g, termination-rates, ofcom, landline, mobile-termination-rates, competition-commission, UK
3 Italia Denies Report of 3G Network Break-Up
In a terse statement, 3 Italia has firmly denied the story published by Sole 24 Ore regarding the sale of company assets to Italian competitors. The newspaper had reported that hutchison Whampoa's Italian subsidiary had held talks which could have lead to the break up, and effective shut-down of the network as a going concern. more
Related Tags: vodafone, telecom-italia-mobile, wind, customer-care, telecom-italia, radio-spectrum, 3, tax, 3-italia, Italy
PLDT, Hutchison Whampoa Units Sign MVNO Deal in Italy
MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Philippine Long Distance Telephone Friday said a subsidiary has signed deals with two units of hutchison Whampoa for a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, venture in Italy. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, mvno, smart-communications, hutchison-whampoa, 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
Related Tags: hutchison-3g-uk, o2, hutchison-3g, telefonica, eu, european-court-of-justice, UK

