On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Alistair Jeffs wrote:
> where's it leave hutchison? as do co mo already have an 'equity'
> relationship with them - an operator that's launching in a few european
> countries sometime - i wonder what that quote means...
Well, as it says elsewhere in the article, Docomo feels that there's
going to be a shakeout, leaving only four major wireless providers in
Europe. I guess they feel that Hutchison is probably not going to make
the cut, and they're busy writing off that investment.
And on the same date, Mark Frieser wrote:
> Yes, this will happen when pigs fly... Vodafone and DoCoMo? More likely
> Orange and DoCoMo or....
From the article:
On the possibility of partners, he is quoted as saying that "Orange
is too weak...
cjs
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Received on Wed Jan 15 08:53:06 2003