Page 4 - Sphere No.18 (Feb 2007)

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Newsbites
Loyalty Card Launch
To offer a more enjoy-
able and privileged shopping
experience to regular customers,
the first-ever Watsons loyalty card
was launched by Watsons Your
Personal Store in southern China.
Cardholders can receive up to 20
per cent off member discounts and
product redemption privileges. Watsons plans to
introduce the loyalty card in other parts of China
in 2007. R
THE BEST OF BRITISH
3 UK has won five top awards for its superb all-round
mobile services. First, it beat off strong competition to claim the Best Operator
and Best Content Service awards for the highly acclaimed SeeMe TV service at
the Mobile Entertainment Awards 2006. The globally recognised awards are
one of the most prestigious sources of independent verification for the entire
mobile content industry and are voted for by a panel of 300 industry peers.
A few weeks later at the Mobile Choice Consumer Awards, 3 UK was named
Best 3G Operator and Best Internet Service. This well-established awards
ceremony prides itself on distinguishing the top players in the mobile space.
SeeMe TV also won the Communications Innovation Content Award at the FT
World Communications Awards 2006. T
Clean and Green
Twelve local schools
and tertiary institutions are the
first beneficiaries of the Hongkong
Electric Clean Energy Fund, the
HKD1 million fund set up to help
the education sector carry out
studies on renewable energy and
promote its development. The proj-
ects relate to the study and applica-
tion of solar and wind power, with one
focusing on wave energy. The fund was
established to celebrate the commissioning of
Hong Kong’s first wind power station, Lamma Winds.
H O N G K O N G
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APPLAUSE!
Sphere won a merit award at the
18th Hong Kong Print Awards
in the corporate
magazine category.
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TESTING,TESTING...
3 UK has
launched a trial to help mobile opera-
tors gain valuable insights into the
potential of using their existing spec-
trum to deliver mobile television and
other multimedia services. 3 has also
acquired a portfolio of 95 retail stores
in shopping centres and high street
locations across the UK. T
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