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Wassup jonnyb
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Posted: 2003-08-21 05:45:10
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The coverage here in sweden is ok, but it has blind spots in the first cities that have 3g. The nec phones are bulky and the menus are slow. I will wait until the z1010 comes out to get a 3g phone. Then i would wait until my operator gets 3g. In other words no. :-)
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Posted: 2003-08-21 07:28:25
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@anap - ummmm France Telecom own Orange. Have done for a few years now.
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Posted: 2003-08-21 12:09:15
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Sorry Orangeman. My mistake.
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Posted: 2003-08-21 15:34:48
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Hutchison reports losses due to 3G rollout
Hutchison Australia has reported that is lost US$83 million in the first half of this year, following the costs of rolling out its 3G network. Hutchison Chief Executive Kevin Russell said he was pleased to report ongoing growth in Orange and a strong take-up of recently launched 3 services for video calling, information and entertainment services.
"The last six months have been tremendously exciting for Hutchison. The launch of 3 has clearly been a great success in terms of service delivery and customer acquisition. And Orange mobile continues to deliver steady post-paid customer growth in a tight 2G market," Mr Russell said.
“As at close of business last night, we have more than 43,000 subscribers enjoying the service on 3,” Mr Russell said.
“This is a particularly pleasing result as we launched in Sydney and Melbourne in mid April with an entirely new product and without any public visibility of our brand,” he said.
“We did not launch in our other markets, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth until 1 July, so the month of July has really been our first month of sales across the breadth of our addressable market.
“We are on track to pass 50,000 customers within the next two weeks, and are focussing on strengthening our service and product offering and expanding our distribution reach in the run-up to Christmas.”
Mr Russell said he was also pleased to report steady growth in revenues for Hutchison and Orange, which added more than 15,000 customers in the six months to 30 June.
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Posted: 2003-08-22 19:34:50
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I was gonna say if we were on about threesomes, then yes, yes i would. But, then saw the amount of posts and decided against it.
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Posted: 2003-08-23 11:23:00
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Hutchinson still have a say in Orange Hong Kong.
& Australia by the looks of it.
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Posted: 2003-08-25 00:35:27
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I don't know about 3 in other countries, but in Australia 3 and its 3G handsets are reasonably cheap. The problem is that the quality of the video calls isn't all that crash hot and current 3G phones can't even access the mobile Internet (WAP)! Furthermore, certain GSM phones (eg. the Sony Ericsson P800) have MORE features than current 3G handsets and only lack the low-quality video calls! I think I'll wait for 3G and 3G handsets to mature a bit more...
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Posted: 2003-08-25 01:55:38
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what does the 3G chips look like?
I'm not very highly informed on 3G
is it a different kind of SIM chip
can 3G phones access GSM networks?
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Posted: 2003-08-25 02:17:46
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Same as a normal sim from wht Ive seen - some handsets can roam onto gsm if allowed by manufacturer &/or network.
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Posted: 2003-08-26 02:18:32
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