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Better Connections
Corporate customers
of Hutchison
Telecommunications (Hong Kong) can
enjoy a comprehensive end-to-end
wireless enterprise solution
that includes integrated
email, phone, SMS, WAP
and organiser features
following the commercial
launch in May of the
BlackBerry wireless e-mail
solution, developed by
Research In Motion
(RIM) of Canada.
BlackBerry operates
exclusively on
Hutchison Telecom’s
GSM Dualband and
GPRS network in Hong Kong and
Macau. Hutchison intends to further extend
RIM’s technology to the Group’s 3G
markets worldwide by working together to
develop 3G applications.
HONG KONG
SPHERE
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H U T C H I S O N U P D A T E S
The TOM Group
acquired controlling
stakes in five outdoor media companies in
China in the first quarter of 2002. The
companies are Liaoning New Star
Prosperity Advertising (agreement
announced in February), Shenyang Sano
Jinxiang Advertising, Sichuan
Southwest International Advertising,
Xiamen Bomei Advertising and Fujian
Seeout Outdoor Advertising (MOUs
announced in March). Including the new
acquisitions, the Group’s outdoor media
network consists of 12 outdoor media
companies with over 170,000 sq. m. of
advertising space in 22 cities.
TOM has also entered China’s audio-visual
and entertainment industry following an
agreement in March to acquire 50% of
Guangzhou-based Hong Xiang , China’s
leading
manufacturer
and distributor
of music, film
and TV
programmes.
In January, TOM
partnered with
CERNET Corp to
establish two JV companies – CERNET
Information Technology Co and
CERNET Online. CERNET Corp is the
commercial arm of China Education &
Research Network (CERNET), China’s
largest educational Internet provider. The co-
operation includes production, distribution
and sales of CERNET dial-up ISP access
cards, branding and creating CERNET ISP
services, and exploring telecom value-added
service (VAS) opportunities.
GREATER CHINA
Newsbites
Building on its selection
of 3G services and
content offerings, Hi3G has reached an
agreement with SEB bank that will allow
3G customers access to a selection of
financial services, news and tools.
Hi3G has also secured exclusive rights to
send ice hockey content to 3G mobiles from
Elitserien. The agreement with Svenska
Hockeyligan covers content rights as well as
sponsorship of Elitserien.
Moving forward with its network rollout,
Hi3G has signed agreements with Birka
Energi and Vattenfall on placement of
Hi3G’s antennas and other equipment at
their power poles and transformer stations.
The deal is in line with the policy of
providing 3G infrastructure in a cost-effective
and environmentally friendly way by utilising
current infrastructure. Earlier, Hi3G signed
frame agreements with PNB and Prenad
covering project management, design,
construction and telecom pre-installations for
base stations in the Malmö region.
SWEDEN
T E L E C O M S
Creative Content
Hutchison 3G’s
customers will
soon have access to the UK’s
most potent mix of music-
oriented brands following the
signing in March of a two-
year deal with media and
entertainment company Emap.
Under the agreement, the
Emap performance network
will provide content from all its
music titles – encompassing Q,
Mixmag, Smash Hits and
Kerrang! – as well as content
from lifestyle magazine brands such as FHM,
New Woman and Empire.
UK
JV Stakes Acquired
Hutchison
Telecommunications in
April announced that it would acquire Asia
Global Crossing’s (AGC) stake in their
respective joint-venture companies in Hong
Kong, namely AGC’s 50% interest in
Hutchison Global Crossing (HGC), its
42.5% interest in ESD Services and its 50%
interest in Hutchison GlobalCenter, for a
total consideration of US$120 million in cash.
Under the agreement, HGC and Hutchison
GlobalCenter will become wholly owned
subsidiaries of Hutchison, while Hutchison will
have an indirect 85% stake in ESD Services.
Hutchison and AGC have agreed to continue
to use each other’s services.
HONG KONG
Software Vendors
Hutchison 3G has
recently signed deals
with several software vendors to provide key
components of the middleware infrastructure
of its 3G network. These include:
UK
TOM Extends Outdoor Network
TTI Telecom International
Manager of Managers (MOM) solution
Starbase
Starbase Collaboration Suite
Autonomy Corp
Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL)
Network365
mzone avatar
Tertio
Provident
Ncorp
ljen
Ascential
DataStage XE
Volantis Systems
Volantis Mariner – Service Delivery Platform
Schlumberger/Entrust
Infrastructure and security services
Vendor Software Solution
Hi3G Developments