Hutchison chooses NEC to supply 3G netorks

The Hutchison Whampoa Group has named NEC Corp. as a preferred supplier of 3G wireless devices. Under the arrangement, NEC will begin delivery of its 3G wireless devices in the third quarter of 2002 to Hutchison's 3G operations based in Italy, Australia, Austria, Sweden and the UK. This is NEC's first and largest agreement for 3G devices outside of Japan. Hutchison has earlier announced an agreement with Motorola also for the provision of 3G devices.

The NEC models covered under this agreement are all dual mode (2G:GSM/GPRS and 3G:UMTS/W-CDMA), offering transition between 2, 2.5 and 3G systems, providing consumers with assured coverage regardless of location. The devices will also include the most up-to-date mobile data applications, including JAVA functions and multimedia services.

Canning Fok, Group Managing Director of Hutchison Whampoa said, NEC has a proven track record in mobile internet and multimedia devices, having worked extensively with our strategic partner NTT DoCoMo. Since May this year, they have supplied 3G devices for DoCoMo’s FOMA services and with this agreement, Hutchison is all set to launch 3G services in our markets offering customers a choice of devices.

The value of the contract was not disclosed.

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