Europe : “The entrance of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd’s subsidiaries, 3 and HTIL, have reinvigorated the mobile communications industry in an era in which most observers have been talking about consolidation, not expansion”, said Jake Saunders, Director of Concise Insight.

In our latest research report, “Hutchison’s 3 & HTIL: A Strategic Markets’ Review”, Concise Insight highlights 3’s & HTIL’s organizational structure, network deployment, tariffs, value-added services, operational benchmarks, as well as handset features and pricing.

“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. “Just a year ago, headlines were predicting a hasty and undignified exit from 3G by 2006. That possibility is receding fast.”

10 Facts and Predictions you may also not know about Hutchison:

1. HWL manages its mobile networks through a menagerie of brands: 3, Orange, Hutch and others. Expect HWL to eventually consolidate those brands under Hutch (if 2G) and 3 (if 3G).

2. Expect a number of IPOs hosted by HWL in local markets. Italy is next in mid 2005.

3. 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.

4. Based on Concise Insight's retail shelf analysis, the monoblock handset design is still king in most markets but the clamshell is closing the gap fast.

5. 3's ARPU is some of the highest in their respective markets but while it is inevitable that ARPU will decline, it will remain above the market average.

6. The 3 brand is rapidly becoming an iconic brand similar in strength to Vodafone’s and Orange. In the UK, the operator has won a number of consumer and innovation awards.

7. 3 had clawed approximately 3~4% market-share and is projected to attain 13~18% by 2006 in many markets. Markets in which 3 is making inroads are: Hong Kong; UK; Italy; and Sweden. More challenging markets include Austria, Denmark, Ireland and Norway.

8. Hutchison's advertising may emphasize game downloads and animated pandas, but they are as much about voice as VAS. Expect to see other operators emulate Hutchison's more transparent pricing and tariff offerings.

9. HWL has assets in Asia, Africa and South America. Expect to see HWL take a keen interest in markets in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Hutchison's Indian assets will become a star performer within HTIL; and within 3~5 year's, HWL’s telecom assets will contribute to ~40% of HWL's revenue from 17% now.

10. HWL is betting it can retread the same success story with 3 as it did with Orange. But HWL has not always had it its own way. Orange may have been a success but Hutchison's pre-GSM wireless business, CT-2 Rabbit was mothballed.

More information on the “Hutchison’s 3 & HTIL: A Strategic Markets’ Review” report can be found below:

http://www.concise-insight.com/Main/Docs/BrochureHutch02-05r.pdf

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