Stories about: Hutchison Whampoa

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Twitter at the heart of new, cheap smartphones 05 August, 2009 01:13

Mobile phone outfit INQ Mobile has launched two low-cost smartphones that feature tight integration with social-networking site Twitter, it said on Tuesday.
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ACCC approves Voda-Hutch merger 01 June, 2009 10:23

Following a three month investigation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given the greenlight for the merger of Vodafone and Hutchinson to go ahead.
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Vodafone, 3 won't touch phone deals post merger 25 May, 2009 14:48

Vodafone Australia and Hutchison 3G Australia, or 3, have pledged not to change its customers pricing plans for at least two years after the proposed merger of the two companies.
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3, Vodafone to merge in 50-50 joint venture 09 February, 2009 10:13

Vodafone has announced it will form a 50-50 joint venture company with rival mobile carrier Hutchison Whampoa, owner of the “3” brand, and offer services under the new name VHA.
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3.3 billion mobile accounts: one for every two earthlings 04 December, 2007 09:50

Somewhere on the planet last Thursday, someone skipped over pages of fine print they will later regret not reading in order to sign a mobile services contract that brought the worldwide number of such accounts to 3.3 billion, a figure roughly equal to half the Earth's population.
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Vodafone confirms interest in buying Indian network 27 December, 2006 09:44

British mobile services operator Vodafone Group has confirmed its interest in acquiring a controlling interest in Indian mobile services company Hutchison Essar.
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Nokia hedges bets on VOIP services 30 November, 2006 10:00

At the same time that Nokia is enabling multimedia mobile applications like VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol), it's helping operators limit such services.
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Skype launches first mobile service 17 November, 2006 09:56

Skype has launched its first mobile voice-over-IP service in collaboration with an operator, the UK's 3 Group, whose customers will soon be the first to use it.
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TeleGeography ranks world's wireless markets 12 May, 2005 08:34

Use of 3G (third-generation) mobile services in Europe and the U.S. still lags behind their adoption in Japan and South Korea, but use should grow significantly around the world this year, research company TeleGeography reported this week.
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Global Crossing cuts 600 jobs, announces results 12 October, 2004 09:34

Telecommunications network vendor Global Crossing is cutting its workforce by 600 workers, or about 15 percent of its global employees, in a cost-saving restructuring move.
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Global Crossing founder and chairman resigns 06 January, 2003 08:35

The founder and chairman of bankrupt telecommunication carrier Global Crossing Holdings Ltd. has resigned from the company.