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BROADBAND
BOOST
Hutchison
Global Communications
Limited (HGC) is leveraging
its optical fibre broadband
network to provide innovative
infotainment by delivering the
pay TV service “SuperSUN”
from Galaxy Satellite
Broadcasting Limited (Galaxy)
in Hong Kong. The
synergies are huge.
HGC has Hong
Kong’s largest
fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) telecommunications
network, covering 1.2 million homes and offering
high quality fixed-line telephone and broadband
Internet access. Galaxy delivers a vast array of local and
international programmes through 40 pay-TV channels and
covers 600,000 homes.
Now HGC and Galaxy will deliver an unmatched infotain-
ment experience. Bundled service packages will incorporate
Galaxy’s pay TV with HGC's broadband services. To enjoy
SuperSUN TV programmes, subscribers will simply install a
set-top box with HGC's broadband connectivity. The combina-
tion will boost services for customers and help HGC realise
the full potential of its network.
SPHERE 6
Two for 3
3 Hong Kong is receiving great recognition
for its achievements. It has been named
“Mobile Operator of the
Year, Hong Kong” in the
Asian MobileNews
Awards 2005, organised
by Asian MobileNews
magazine, the region’s
leading publication for
mobile telecom operators. An impressive follow up to 3’s
success at the 11th Annual
Most Popular TV
Commercial Awards, where
it won the Most Popular TV
Commercial, Most Romantic
TV Commercial and Most
Popular Jingle categories.
Congratulations! T
H O N G K O N G
TOM
Keeps on
Growing
TOM Group’s 2004 results,
the first since its transfer
from Hong Kong’s GEM
Board to the Main Board
HKSE, showed a second
full year of profitability.
Revenues grew by 24%
to HK$2.6 billion, while
EBITDA was up 35% to
HK$354 million. Excluding
one-time non-recurring
items TOM Group
announced a profit attrib-
utable to shareholders of
HK$129 million, a nine-
fold increase over 2003.
Most sectors of the Group,
including TOM Online and
the Outdoor Media Group,
attained double-digit
growth in revenues.
✲YEAH!
SUPERDRUG is celebrating
its “Best Pharmacy” win
in the Health & Beauty
Awards from Top Sante,
one of the UK’s leading
women’s magazines.
Top Ads
Congratulations to Hutch
India on its success in the 2005
ABBY awards, the Oscars of
the Indian publicity industry,
which honour creative excel-
lence in advertising. Hutch
won three Gold awards, for
Campaign of the Year and for
the best Business Products
and Services ads in both
Print and TV. T
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GAME,
SET AND
MATCH!
Watsons Water served an
ace with its sponsorship of the
Watsons Water Champions
Challenge tennis tournament.
Held in Hong Kong, the
tournament presented a star-
studded line-up.
Five of the world’s top 10
female tennis players partici-
pated, including Maria
Sharapova, Venus and
Serena Williams, Svetlana
Kuznetsova, Elena
Dementieva, plus tennis
legend Arentxa Sanchez-
Vicario. Watsons Water deliv-
ered the January event with
a full spectrum of media
including TV, Internet and 3G
mobile phone broadcast. R
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