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Perfect Combination
The 3Store and coffee shop in Innsbruck, Austria,
represents a completely new store concept. It allows customers
to get all the latest information on 3 products and services
while drinking coffee in a comfortable atmosphere.
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PORT DEALS
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH),
the world’s leading port investor, developer and
operator, has signed an agreement to lease two new
container berths from the Port of Brisbane Corporation
in Australia. Brisbane Container Terminals, a wholly
owned subsidiary of HPH, has been established to
operate the new container-handling facility.
HPH has also opened the Phase I Expansion of Lazaro Cardenas Terminal
Portuaria de Contenedores at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, and signed an
agreement with Karachi Port Trust in Pakistan to build a new container terminal in
Keamari Groyne.
BEST OF BRITISH
3 UK and
T-Mobile (UK) are combining
their 3G access networks in a
collaboration that will lead
to almost complete popula-
tion coverage for 3G ser-
vices across Britain by the
end of 2008. It is the world’s
largest known active 3G net-
work sharing agreement and
will significantly increase both
operators’ 3G network quality and
coverage, accelerate the provision of new
high-speed mobile broadband services and
deliver substantial cost savings as well as
environmental benefits.
U N I T E D K I N G D O M
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A U S T R A L I A & M E X I C O
China’s
Number One!
HWL is
China’s Most Admired
Company, according to
the latest survey by Fortune
Magazine. Industry
analysts and executives
at competing firms were
asked to rate companies
on nine attributes, includ-
ing global competitive-
ness, management quality
and long-term invest-
ment; 345 companies
in 26 industries and 25
countries participated. C
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CONGRATULATIONS!
TOM Outdoor Group won a host of
Chang Cheng Awards, including four
silvers, seven bronzes and 25 merits,
at the 14th China Advertising
Festival in Tsingtao.