Page 7 - Sphere No.19 (Jun 2007)

SPHERE 5
Newsbites
Indonesia Debut
Hutchison Telecommunications International
Limited (HTIL) has launched its mobile operation in
Indonesia. PT Hutchison CP Telecom, a partnership with
the Charoen Pokphand Group, provides mobile services
under the 3 brand in Indonesia.
I N D O N E S I A
T
OMAN
CELEBRATION
Oman Interna-
tional Container Termi-
nal (OICT) celebrated the
opening of its Terminal B,
Phase I at the Port of Sohar,
Oman. OICT is a joint venture
between Hutchison Port Holdings,
the Government of Oman, Steinweg of the Netherlands and
three other Omani investors. Terminal B, Phase I has a total quay
length of 285 metres and a depth alongside of 16.5 metres. P
O M A N
HealthTonic
Kruidvat, the first chain in
the Netherlands to offer health insurance
products, has taken the concept a stage fur-
ther by introducing a Standard Health Insur-
ance policy and supplementary packages.
N E T H E R L A N D S
R
Done Deal
HTIL has completed the sale of Hutchison Essar
to Vodafone. The pre-tax gain from the sale is expected
to be approximately USD9 billion (HKD70 billion) and
the board has declared a special dividend of HKD6.75
per share.
HTIL Chairman Canning Fok thanked the manage-
ment and staff at Hutchison Essar and other partners
in India for their contribution over the years to
building the company into a world-class enterprise.
I N D I A
T
TECH HEAVEN INVEGAS
The 2007 International CES Exhibition in Las Vegas is the world’s
largest consumer technology tradeshow, attracting more than 140,000 people
and 2,700 exhibitors. i.Tech, the
technology division of Hutchi-
son Harbour Ring, took the
opportunity to showcase its new
models of user-friendly Bluetooth
headsets, such as Clip D (a headset
with OLED display) and Clip Radio (
(a Bluetooth stereo headset with
built-in FM radio function). I
U N I T E D S T A T E S