In a move which should not surprise true Hutchison experts, the carrier has just announced its version of the HD2. Berthold Thoma, CEO and enfant terrible of the Austrian mobile landscape, describes the box as follows: HTC has created a hardware giant and the best WM phone. And its just 11mm thin both business and multimedia

The INQ Chat 3G a budget-range device from INQ is from a company that is a division of the huge multinational that is Hutchison Whampoa (who also happen to own the 3 networks in various countries). Budget in price this device may be, but budget in features it is not! Social networking-a-plenty is ...

INQ, the handset manufacturer owned by parent company Hutchison Whampoa was always going to have an easy time of it with the 3 group of companies. A couple of phone calls from the big man and woosh, INQ had clients coming out of its ears. And their handsets, targeted at the mass market,

Vodafone has filed the final part of its submission as to why it shouldn't be held liable for a US$2 billion tax demand following its takeover of India's Hutchison Essar in 2007. Click here for more.

Hutchison 'looking for options' With the merger of Orange UK and T-Mobile UK approved by the European Union, the current UK leaders, O2 and Vodafone, will be mulling their competitive responses. So far, Vodafone has mainly focused on revamping its software brands and its higher-value services, but it could also move to acquire the country's smallest cellco, 3 UK, say analysts.&helli...

Net profit for the year was HK$5.78 billion (US$744 million), which included the gain of approximately HK$6.3 billion (US$817 million) on disposal of the Group's entire indirect stake in Israel's Partner Communications. Click here for more.

Back in August, I was pretty bullish when Hutchison-owned INQ announced the INQ Chat 3G, a follow-up to the INQ1, the companys so-called Facebook phone. The updated device adopts a BlackBerry-esque form-factor in favor of the INQ1s candybar, adding a full QWERTY keyboard to support a host of social messaging capabilities, including ‘push’ email (via

Even though the device has not shown up significantly in our sales figures so far, Nokias 5230 is likely to become a major blockbuster for Nokia. Carriers all over the world pick it up like mad the latest one is Hutchison Austria. They have just sent out an email announcing that the device can be

Yesterday evening I was at the Enabling Mobile Voice Services  MoMo London event sponsored by Skype. AudioBoo, HulloMail and Communigate gave demos/presentations followed by a panel/audience discussion involving people from Hutchison 3g (H3G), Nuance, Google, AudioBoo and Nicky Hickman who works freelance in project and innovation management. Here are some of my notes

Hutchison Austria is preparing to begin offering the iPad (once available) at a discounted rate. Of course, that means you will be agreeing to and signing a contract which in this case is two years. Price wise, according to the website, the carrier will be offering a discount of €333 for those willing to sign