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Jan 2002 |
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Signs a content production agreement
with BBC Technology to manage the production of audio-visual
content in the UK.
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Signs an agreement with ISPR to provide
sports content of the home games of the Swedish National
Football Team and UEFA cup matches played in Sweden.
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Successfully arranges a Euro 3.2 million
facility from a bank underwriting group in Italy.
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Successfully arranges for Euro 1.0
billion in external financing from major equipment suppliers,
bringing total financing available for the venture to
Euro 4.2 billion.
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Orange Sweden
joins the infrastructure sharing company 3GIS as a third
owner together with Hi3G and Europolitan Vodafone.
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Feb 2002 |
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Wins 3G licences in Israel.
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Awards a three-year contract to Alcatel
for the delivery of its Open Services Platform.
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Mar 2002 |
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Signs a content deal with Emap to provide
entertainment and music content in the UK.
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Apr 2002 |
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Signs an agreement with SEB on e-banking
in Sweden.
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Signs a contract with Nokia to supply
a network in Austria.
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May 2002 |
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Forms partnerships with nine games
development companies to provide a range of new and
classic arcade-style games, as well as traditional board
and card games to all of Hutchison 3G global markets.
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Signs an agreement with Divine on content
management for Hutchison's global markets.
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Signs an agreement with Svenska Hockeyligan
AB to provide ice hockey content in Sweden.
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Jun 2002 |
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Wins 3G licence in Republic of Ireland.
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Hi3G
and Vodafone sign national roaming agreement framework
in Sweden. |
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Jul 2002 |
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H3G
UK signs a frame agreement with Alcatel to implement
the company's backbone and transmission networks in
Italy. |
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Signs an agreement with Vitaminic to
provide music content in Italy.
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Announcement of the global brand name
"3". |
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Aug 2002 |
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Acquires cellular sites from Blu for
Euro 58 million.
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Announces the planned acquisition of
a 3G spectrum licence in Finland.
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Sept 2002 |
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Signs agreements with five companies
to deliver digital mapping technology and location-based
services in Europe.
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Signs agreement with Mobilkom to provide
2G national voice and data roaming in Austria.
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Oct 2002 |
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Unveils the brand identity for 3
globally. |
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NEC becomes strategic partner in Hutchison
Telephone and H3G
HK. |
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Signs an agreement with NEC to increase
the November 2001 order of 3G handsets for Hutchison's
3G companies worldwide from one million to two million.
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Selects Starfish to provide over-the-air
data synchronisation solution in Italy.
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Signs an agreement with THQ Inc to
develop and publish premium licenced and non-licenced
gaming and entertainment content in the UK.
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Nov 2002 |
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Unveils pricing for Founder's Club
in Italy and a Website starts receiving reservations.
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Italian Communications Minister makes
first handset call to Milan and UK via 3 handset
over the UMTS commercial network of 3.
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Dec 2002 |
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Unveils broad outline of H3G
UK forthcoming products and services and announces
special offers and promotional pricing for first 2,000
'Founders' customers. |
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Phones 4u becomes a major retail partner
in H3G
UK. |
Hutchison
Whampoa Limited.