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Hutchison Telecom has reported that for Q3 this year, it added 11.2m subs to it’s total user base. This was across both newer and more established operations.
In Indonesia, 401K new subs were add, making a total customer base of over 3.6m. In Hong Kong, a 50% of the 3G market was reached, and in Israel 8% growth led to total subs of around 2.9m.
The high profile launch of iPhone 3G in Hong Kong during the quarter boosted mobile data usage and related revenues with over 40% of the iPhone users subscribed to the highest monthly plan. As a result non-voice revenue of the Group’s Hong Kong mobile operations as a percentage of total revenue trended up to 21.2% during the quarter.
Of course, Hutchison Telecoms is well known for the 3 brand across a number of Mobile OpCo’s – however they also have significant investments in other Operators, both Mobile and Fixed-line – as the results above show. In the current economic markets, those are results not to be sniffed at!
[Via: Cellular News]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
