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Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited AMTA Congress – Carriers’ Roundtable

Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited AMTA Congress – Carriers’ Roundtable. Steve Wright Director, Stakeholder Relations. 25 September 2003. What is ?. 3 is Australia’s only 3G mobile operator live person-to-person videocalling multimedia messaging (video, picture, text)

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Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited AMTA Congress – Carriers’ Roundtable

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  1. Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited AMTA Congress – Carriers’ Roundtable Steve Wright Director, Stakeholder Relations 25 September 2003

  2. What is ? • 3 is Australia’s only 3G mobile operator • live person-to-person videocalling • multimedia messaging (video, picture, text) • video news, sport, entertainment and finance • Initiated globally by Hutchison Whampoa (Hong Kong) • one of Australia’s biggest foreign investors • Successfully introducing leading technology – the world’s only multinational deployment of next generation mobile services

  3. 3G ‘Here and Now’

  4. 3G ‘Here and Now’ • 3G networks implemented in UK, Italy, Australia, Sweden and Austria. Hong Kong, Ireland, Denmark, Israel and Norway to come • More than 50,000 sales in Australia • ‘First on 3’ intro offer NEC e606, Motorola A830 sold out • 3 sales passed 500,000 globally • More than 1 million by end 2003 • 2 million NEC and Motorola handsets on order

  5. Strategic Industry Decisions • Telstra Clear is seeking a network supplier to deploy 3G in New Zealand • $53 million investment by Alcatel to develop Malaysia as its hub for 3G operations • Optus trialling 3G; SingTel implementing 3G in Singapore in 2004 • Vodafone announced intention to implement 3G in 2005 • Vodafone NZ in 2005; Australia “in discussions” for 3G partnership to offer services by 2005 • All major manufacturers producing 3G handsets • Motorola, NEC, Nokia, LG, Samsung, Ericsson, Sanyo

  6. Industry Comment Upbeat • IDC predicts 30m smartphones in 2004; 140% 3G growth • Camera phones now outselling digital cameras* • Shosteck Research highlights efficiency of 3G technology with lower voice operating costs and enhanced profitability • 3G is “coming together…” • Stockbroker commentary says 3 “…is the real deal” * Strategy Analytics

  7. Leading Handsets

  8. NEC e808N • 2 built-in cameras for Videotalk, video and picture messaging • QWERTY keyboard • Large viewing screen • 64 Meg memory • Modem • Email Client

  9. Motorola A920 • “All singing, all dancing” Motorola A920 now available • Setting the standard (Symbian Operating System) • Up to 128 Meg memory • Seven devices in one Mobile phone – Email - PDA - MP3 Music - Games Digital camera - Video camera

  10. Motorola A920 • 65,000+ colour touch screen with 20 lines of text • Video and voice messaging; listen to email • Stylus navigation, handwriting recognition • Personal Information Management- sync to MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, Lotus Organizer • Integrated speakerphone • Email client • POP3 (including Ozemail and Yahoo) coming

  11. The future

  12. The future To realise new revenues: • Mobile business must continue to evolve • Handsets, Content, Services • Personal and business tool • New capabilities which deliver value • True multimedia • Mobile office • M commerce (B2B, B2C , C2B) • Regulatory environment which supports innovation

  13. The future: Here and Now “I’d compare what 3 has done for mobile communications, to the day that fax machines revolutionised the postal scene” -Mike Donegan, Men in Red.

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