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H U T C H I S O N U P D A T E S
Since
Hutchison Tele-
com’s
June launch of the
Orange MMS
service, Hong Kong residents
have been using their handsets to take and
exchange photographs integrated with text
and voice.
Orange MMS
users can take a
picture with their MMS handset
then send it to their personal
“Photo Album” at
for storage, or to the “Gallery Area”.
They can even arrange to have their
photos printed via “Fotomax”, the
one-stop online printing service. Orange
MMS offers over 170 choices of images
provided by
Sanrio
,
So-net
,
Ori-sun.com
,
Hallmark
,
Yeahmobile
and
Orange
in-
house images for downloading. Users can
download these images from
Orangeworld’s
MMS library, or from the MMS library at
then send to their friends’
MMS handsets or email accounts. Users can
also compose their own MMS and upload to
In another boost for customers, Hutchison
Telecom has teamed up with
m499.com
and
Sierra Wireless
to deliver the first
tri-band wireless datacard in Hong Kong
-
AirCard 750
- on its GSM/GPRS
network, allowing Orange users to enjoy
reliable access to the Internet, email and
other corporate solutions via laptop
computers or PDAs. With Hutchison
Telecom’s GPRS roaming coverage, users
enjoy mobile data services in 21 countries and
regions round the world. Services include
Orange MMS
,
BlackBerry
Wireless E-mail
Solution,Wireless Internet access and
Orangeworld
wirefree Internet service (WAP).
HONG KONG
News
bites
Smart Buildings
Hutchison Telecom
has
been selected by
Hongkong Land
to deploy an
Integrated Radio Distribution
System (IRDS) in the property
developer’s nine commercial
buildings in Central.
Utilising Hutchison Telecom’s
Orange
network, the system
will provide coverage in all
public areas, covering
shopping arcades, restaurants,
podiums, basements, car
parks and even underground
in the MTR stations.The buildings include
One,Two and Three Exchange Square,
Prince’s Building,Alexandra House,
Gloucester and Edinburgh Towers at The
Landmark, Jardine House and Chater House.
HONG KONG
Plug in for Broadband
Hutchison Global
Communications
(HGC) has teamed up with a
joint venture comprising
Cheung Kong (Holdings)
(81%) and
CLP Telecom
(19%) to provide Hong
Kong’s first-of-its-kind broadband
Internet service via electric power networks.
Meanwhile, Malaysian mobile operator
TIME
dotCom
has contracted HGC to provide
voice, data and multimedia services to
multinational corporations in Malaysia.
Alcatel Builds Backbone
Alcatel
has signed a frame
agreement with
H3G
to
implement H3G’s backbone and metropolitan
transmission networks in Italy.Alcatel will
supply its DWDM and SDH multi-service
transport systems and SDH microwave radio
systems on a turn-key basis.Their deployment
– spanning about 6,000km fromTurin in the
North to Palermo in the South – will allow
H3G’s transmission platform to support a wide
range of broadband and UMTS-based
services, while maximising savings.
ITALY
Hutchison adds Visual Dimension to Communications
H3G
has contracted
Vitaminic
to provide content for its
radiomobile network. Under
the deal,Vitaminic will use
its own content and
technology to create, plan
and develop an M-site for
the new
3
service.The M-
site – an Internet site
designed for on-the-move use
via mobile terminals – will offer access to
music from more than 95,000 artists and
1,500 labels as well as music-related services
and information.
ITALY
Music on the Move
HONG KONG
Hi to Hutch
HUTCHISON Essar
in June launched mobile
operations in Chennai,Andhra Pradesh and
Karnataka circles under the common brand
name
Hutch
, the first of a family of brands
the company will unveil. Hutchison, which
continues to operate in Mumbai under the
Orange
brand, is the only mobile operator
in India with a service in all four metros.
INDIA
Ratings Upgrade
Moodys Investors
Service
in June upgraded
the credit ratings of
Partner Communi-
cations.
Partner’s senior implied rating went
up to Ba3 from B1, its issuer rating to B2
from B3, and the rating regarding Partner’s
US$175 million senior subordinated global
notes, due in 2010, to B2 from B3.
ISRAEL
applause
Hutchison Telecom
has won the title
“Best Asian CDMA Operator” presented by
Telecom Asia
Readers’ Choice Awards 2002.
It also won last year.
On the Map
Hutchison 3G UK
has
secured the services of
content providers
Ordnance Survey
, the
UK’s national mapping agency, and
Tele
Atlas
, which will provide mapping data for
the UK and Europe, supplying street plans and
routing and navigation information for over
30,000 cities.The service will be available to
all Hutchison’s 3G operations in Europe.
EUROPE
T E L E C O M S
