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Feb 2001 |
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Andala in Italy is renamed H3G
after the acquisition by Hutchison and Partners. |
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Acquires exclusive rights to transmit
football highlights of AC Milan, Juventus, Bari, Genoa
and Salernitana. |
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Mar 2001 |
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Signs an agreement with Reggiana and Reggina
for the exclusive rights of the two football teams in
Italy. |
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Awarded 3G licence in Australia. |
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Apr 2001 |
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Selects Nokia to be the infrastructure
supplier in the UK.
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Successfully arranges a 3.6 billion
Sterling Pounds facility to fund the UK 3G business.
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Signs an exclusive agreement with A.S.
Roma and S.S. Lazio to broadcast highlights of home
games on UMTS terminals.
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3G Infrastructure Services AB, a JV
equally owned by Hi3G
and Vodafone, is established in Sweden. |
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May 2001 |
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Forms a strategic alliance with Telecom
Corporation of New Zealand Limited together with Hutchison
Telecoms Australia to operate 3G business in Australia
under Hutchison
3G Australia. |
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Jun 2001 |
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Signs an agreement with the F.A. Premier
League to secure the rights to provide Premier League
football content to mobile phones and handsets in the
UK.
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Signs an agreement with Ericsson and
Siemens - NEC as vendors for the building of the UMTS
network in Italy.
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Signs an agreement with Ericsson as
vendor for building of the UMTS network infrastructure
in Sweden.
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Signs agreement with Ericsson for the
supply and installation of a 3G network in Australia.
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Jul 2001 |
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Signs a contract with Motorola for the
delivery of 3G handsets to Hutchison's global markets.
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Aug 2001 |
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Signs a contract with NEC for the delivery
of 3G handsets to Hutchison's global markets. This makes
NEC the second supplier of Hutchison 3G handsets.
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Oct 2001 |
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Wins 3G licences in Denmark and Hong
Kong.
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Works with 3G LAB to develop new and
compelling multimedia applications for the wireless
environment.
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Selects Nokia as its system supplier
for UMTS equipment in Sweden for 3GIS AB - the joint
venture infrastructure company jointly owned by Hi3G
and Vodafone. |
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Hutchison
3G Australia signs an agreement with Cricket Australia
for a 5 year sponsorship of the Australian Test Cricket
as well as exclusive wireless rights for Australian
Test and one day matches played in Australia. |
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Nov 2001 |
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Signs an agreement with NEC to provide
over one million 3G handsets to Hutchison's global 3G
operations.
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Dec 2001 |
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Signs an agreement with BT Cellnet to
provide the establishment and operation of 2G national
voice and data roaming in UK.
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Signs an agreement with TIM for roaming
in Italy.
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Hutchison
Whampoa Limited.