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Hongkong International Terminals
(HIT) won a “Productivity Award” and
a “Certificate of Merit for
Environmental Performance” at the
“2003 Hong Kong Awards for Industry,”
coordinated by the
Hong Kong
Productivity Council.
Hutchison Global
Communications
(HGC) has launched a useful new service
called
Vfone
. Utilising broadband based
“V
2
oIP” technology the system allows users to
make unlimited video and voice calls between
Vfones
for a flat rate of just HK$48 per month
(approximately US$6.15). For HK$68,
subscribers can make unlimited voice calls to
all Hong Kong fixed-line and mobile
networks as well as to overseas
Vfone
users.
The
Vfone
plugs into a broadband Internet
connection and is compatible with TV
and 3G devices. It can also be
connected to digital camcorders and
other appliances so that calls can be
recorded and archived.What’s
more, with the
Auto-Answer
feature, users can see what’s
going on when they are
away from home.
Easy on the Eyes
The first batch of “smart and secure”
containers entered
YICT
on Oct. 31,
marking the successful completion of
testing at YICT of
Smart and Secure
Tradelanes
(SST), an industry-driven supply
chain security initiative.
Hutchison Port Holdings
(HPH) has
been a proactive participant in developing
security measures for the marine transport
of containers since the US Government
implemented the
Container Security
Initiative
(CSI).
Smart Moves
Shanghai Container Terminals
(SCT)
celebrated its 10th anniversary on Aug. 12.
Annual throughput has risen to over 3 million
TEU, three times the volume recorded in its
first year of operations.
SCT Marks Milestone
Location, Location
Hutchison Essar
has
launched two new
location-based services.
BuddyService
lets
subscribers know if their friends are in the
vicinity while
Vehicle Tracking Solution
keeps
tabs on commercial vehicles.
Library Contract
HGC
has won a contract
to deploy its
MetroNET
Gigabit EthernetWide Area Network (WAN)
solution to extend the Hong Kong Public
Libraries’ Multimedia Information Systems
(MMIS) from the Central Library to 26
libraries across the territory.
Meanwhile, HGC is collaborating with
Internet
Thailand Public Co. Ltd.
(INET) and
HiNet
,Taiwan, to target
market opportunities in IP-related
services. HGC has established business
links in more than 10 overseas markets
in the past 12 months.
Port of Felixstowe
has officially opened the
first phase of its
Trinity Terminal
expansion, incorporating 6ha of back-up land
behind the existing Trinity Terminal and
increasing the port's storage capacity by 6,500
TEU.A further section of storage area is
expected to open early in 2004 and the quay
will be fully operational by July 2004.
In another development,
Freightliner
has
launched a new service providing one
inbound and one outbound train daily
between Port of Felixstowe and
Daventry, with a further destination
planned.There are now 22 inbound
and 21 outbound trains per day from
Port of Felixstowe’s North and South
Rail terminals.The port also handles
two forestry-product trains per day at its
dedicated paper-handling rail terminal.
Felixstowe Expands
On Oct. 16, the
Cosco
container vessel
Lausanne
became the first ship to berth at the
Phase III Project at
Yantian International
Container Terminals
(YICT) in China.
The “Next-Generation System” (nGen)
terminal operation control system, jointly
developed byYICT and
HIT
, has been put
on pilot at the new berth and will gradually
replace the existing system.
Phase III covers 90ha with total investment
of HK$6.6
billion
(approximately
US$846
million) and
includes four
100,000-ton-
plus container
berths.
The second berth and a container yard of
200,000 sq.m is set for completion by the end
of 2003, with the whole project due for
completion by the end of 2005.
YICT has meanwhile been recognised as one
of the “Hundred Outstanding Overseas
Chinese Enterprises in China.” The award
was made in September at the People’s Great
Hall in Beijing.
First Call
HONG KONG
HONG KONG
INDIA
applause
Hutchison
CAT
Wireless MultiMedia
(Hutch)
launched three new services at
ICT Expo 2003
in Bangkok
in August.
HutchReal
provides instant online multimedia
service,
HutchPlay
offers a variety of
downloadable games applications based on
Qualcomm’s
BREW
platform and
HutchSay
delivers crystal-clear voice, SMS and data
services.
A key highlight of the new technologies
featured was a demonstration of Location
Based Services (LBS), the first for the
Thai market. Hutch also showcased the
powerful data-handling capability of the
CDMA2000 1X
service along with several
new CDMA terminals.
In December, Hutch launched its
M-sites
programme, designed to create a local
community of content developers supported
by Hutch’s multi-media contents portal.
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