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 Hutchison enters mobile handset market (Hong Kong)

  • October 15th, 2008
  • 10:15 am

Hutchison, operating its mobile services in several countries under the 3 brand has set up handset unit called INQ Mobile. The company is also planning to roll out its first mobile handset in UK and Australia before the end of this year. It is anticipated that the phone will be offered to other mobile operators by next year as well. With the introduction of new phone the comapny seeks to convince consumers to use more web-based services on the mobile phone which would increase data usage. Qualcomm chips will be used in INQ handsets and manufactured by contract manufacturers such as Flextronics and Foxconn.