Mobile operator strategies - 02/03/2006

Hutchison may be interested in partnering with Thailand' s mobile operator True Move, but first need to find an arrangement (strong disagreement over the valuation of the stake) with its concession provider, CAT Telecom.

Sprint Nextel added content from MTV channels to its mobile video offerings.

Vodafone KK is launching a Face Recognition function to authenticate customers.

China Mobile plans to introduce push email .

Orange is launching pre-commercial HSDPA service in France, following SFR' s similar move.

SFR (France) is targeting seniors and non-mobile adults with a very simple easy-to-use offer, cammed Simply. Simply is a basic handset, developed in collaboration with Sagem (France). SFR targets 200k new subscribers in one year.