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3 are at a significant moment in the history of communications and media. They have created a different type of business by defining a new category which fuses together information, communication, media and entertainment in to a single mobile device.
The 3 network is available across eight countries and has over 10 million customers. In the UK alone, 3 has acquired 3.5 million 3G customers, up by nearly half a million since March 2005.
The three core areas of the 3UK business are:
- Communications - all forms of personal communications, voice and video calling; text picture and video messaging; and mobile blogging
- Media and Entertainment - television, sport, music audio and video, user-generated content, computer games and media publishing
- Information services - wireless web, access to the best of the internet and a range of news and other information services
Hutchison Whampoa Limited
The full company name of 3 is Hutchison 3G UK Limited
3UK is owned entirely by Hutchison Whampoa Limited(HWL). Operating under the "3" brand, HWL is leading the ongoing revolution in the 3G arena. HWL was one of the first operators in the world to introduce 3G services, offering a vast range of mobile media content. HWL owns 3G licences in 11 markets: Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and now has a customer base of more than 10 million.
