Page 14 - Sphere No.9 (Sep 2003)

Denmark
Company name Hi3G Denmark
Licence Fee Danish Kroner 950 million
Date licence acquired Oct. 2001
Tenor 20 years
Spectrum 35 MHz
Population 5.4 million
Ownership structure HWL 60%; Investor 40%
Network vendors Ericsson
3 G U P D A T E S
Austria
Company name H3G Austria GmbH
Licence Fee E139 million
Date licence acquired Nov. 2000
Tenor 20 years
Spectrum 25 MHz
Population 8.2 million
Ownership structure HWL 100%
Network vendors Siemens; Nokia
Commenced services May 2003
Retail outlets More than 200
Australia
Company name Hutchison 3G Australia
Licence Fee A$196.1 million
Date licence acquired March 2001
Tenor 15 years
Spectrum 30 MHz (Mel. Syd.);
20 MHz (Ad. Bris. Perth)
Population 13.7 million
Ownership structure HTAL 80.1%;TCNZ 19.9%
Network vendors Ericsson
Commenced services April 2003 (Mel. Syd.);
July 2003 (Ad. Bris. Perth)
Retail outlets More than 200
Italy
Company name H3G Italy S.p.A.
Licence Fee E3,254 million
Date licence acquired Nov. 2000
Tenor 15 years
Spectrum 35 MHz
Population 57.7 million
Ownership structure HWL 88.67%, San Paolo Imi
5.58%, 3G Mobile Investment
Spa 2.23%; CIRtel 1.66%;
Others 1.86%
Network vendors Ericsson; NEC / Siemens
Commenced services March 2003
Retail outlets More than 1,900
UK
Company name Hutchison 3G UK
Licence Fee £4,385 million
Date licence acquired May 2000
Tenor No expiry date
Spectrum 35 MHz
Population 59.6 million
Ownership structure HWL 65%; NTT DoCoMo 20%;
KPN Mobile 15%
Network vendors NEC / Siemens; Nokia
Commenced services March 2003
Retail outlets More than 2,000
Sweden
Company name Hi3G Access AB
Licence Fee E0.011 million (Attr. cost *)
Date licence acquired Dec. 2000
Tenor 15 years
Spectrum 35 MHz
Population 8.9 million
Ownership structure HWL 60%; Investor AB 40%
Network vendors Ericsson (home); Nokia (3GIS).
Hi3G covers 30% of pop with
100% ‘home’ network and
70% through 3GIS, jointly
owned with Vodafone
and Orange
Commenced services June 2003
Retail outlets More than 170
* The licence was awarded following an assessment exercise in Sweden.
Attributable cost refers to the purchase price of the tender documents
Hong Kong
Company name Hutchison 3G HK
Licence Fee HK$619 million
Date licence acquired Oct. 2001
Tenor 15 years
Spectrum 35 MHz
Population 6.8 million
Ownership structure HWL 71%; NTT DoCoMo 24%;
NEC Corp 5%
Network vendors NEC; Siemens; Nokia
Ireland
Company name Hutchison 3G Ireland
Licence Fee E50.7 million
Date licence acquired June 2002
Tenor 20 years
Spectrum 35 MHz
Population 3.82 million
Ownership structure HWL 100%
Israel
Company name Partner Communications
Licence Fee NIS220 million
Date licence acquired Feb. 2002
Tenor 20 years
Spectrum 25 MHz
Population 6.6 million
Ownership structure HWL: 42.67%; Matav 7.43%;
Elbit 12.19%; Eurocom 9.91%;
Polar Com 2.44%, Public: 25.36%
Norway
Company name Hi3G Access Norway
Licence Fee 62 million NOK
Date licence acquired Sept. 2003
Tenor 12 years
Spectrum 35 MHz
Population 4.5 million
Ownership structure HWL 60%; Investor 40%
Global 3G Footprint