3 Skype Phone: What Are Its Odds?

Author: Hwai Lin Khor, Research Analyst, Wireless

Published: 10 Apr 2008

At the end of 2006, Hutchison 3 became the first to offer several data-hungry, Internet-based applications such as Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo, Orb, eBay, Slingbox, and Google under flat rate packages known as X-series. X-series has received a good response from countries where this service is offered, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, Italy, and Austria. During the short duration from January 2007 to March 2007, Hutchison reported that 3 Denmark, 3 Sweden, and 3 Hong Kong collectively achieved more than 500,000 new X-series subscribers.

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