Hutchison Telecommunications (australia) Ltd - A.HTA- Profile

Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd(HTAL). The Group's principal activities are the operation of its own mobile telephony network under the Orange brand using Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology in Sydney and Melbourne license areas; resale of GSM mobile telephony services; and the provision of paging and information services, long distance and Internet services. In addition, the Group develops the infrastructure and operational systems of the third generation (3G) mobile communication business which is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2003. It operates solely in Australia.