Businessinfo: Hutchison Winning Consumer Hearts and Minds Says New Report.

LONDON -- A new report offered by Businessinfo.ws 'Hutchison 3 and Telecommunications International: to 2011 and beyond' sees Hutchison beginning to gain traction in its key markets. "Despite the often hostile media press, Hutchison's 3 has been able to wade in and grab the consumer by the lapels", said Jake Saunders, the reports author. "Just a year ago, headlines were predicting a hasty and undignified exit from 3G by 2006. That possibility is receding fast."

HWL has managed its mobile networks through a menagerie of brands: 3, Orange, Hutch and others. The report concludes that HWL will eventually consolidate those brands under Hutch (if 2G) and 3 (if 3G).

The 'Hutchison 3 and Telecommunications International: to 2011 and beyond' report also suggests that there will be a number of IPOs hosted by HWL in local markets. Italy is next in mid 2005. 3.5G technologies, such as HSPDA & HSUPA, will not only improve the end-user download experience but also cut the cost and number of 3G base-stations needed by 2010. Based on a retail shelf analysis, the monoblock handset design is shown to be still king in most markets but the clamshell is closing the gap fast.

For more information about this report, visit http://www.businessinfo.ws/archive/BIAABYZA.shtml.