The third-generation (3G) mobile phone network that carrier Hutchison shares with Telstra will be upgraded to the HSDPA mobile broadband standard in the first half of next year.
Hutchison's jovial Australian chief executive officer, Kevin Russell, will in the new year take on the deputy CEO spot at the mobile carrier's UK operation.
Hutchison managed to sign up 86,758 customers to its 3G network in 2003 despite facing severe handset shortages and network quality issues.
The nation's capital is the latest city to get a third-generation (3G) mobile phone service from carrier Hutchison, more than two years after the company launched in Sydney and Melbourne.
Hutchison launched its '3' mobile service in Australia today, unveiling an aggressive pricing scheme which could possibly lead to a price war.
Like many reporters engaged in the shady business of covering the Australian telecommunications sector, I spent Friday, 6 October, at Telstra's mammoth eight hour investor briefing in Sydney.
Hutchison launched its '3' mobile service in Australia today, unveiling an aggressive pricing scheme which could possibly lead to a price war.
Hutchison Telecoms, which owns Orange, has outsourced the operation of its Australian mobile networks to Ericsson Australia in a seven-year deal that is expected to save the telco over AU$40 million.
Japanese electronics maker NEC unveiled a mobile video phone to coincide with the launch of Hutchison's third-generation (3G) high-speed cellular data service that offers video.
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