History
In 1999 and 2000, Hutchison Telecom sold its Orange and VoiceStream interests and re-invested the greater part of the proceeds to develop its global third-generation (3G) mobile broadband telecommunications business, based on the European UMTS (W-CDMA) 3G standard.
In early 2007, Hutchison Telecom made headlines by selling its 67% interest in the Indian mobile phone network Hutch Essar to Vodafone for US$13.1 billion (of which $2 billion was debt).
In 2009, Hutchison sold its controlling stake in Orange Israel to Scailex Corporation.Thus it ended using the Orange brand for providing mobile services.
In 2009, it spun off Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings (SEHK: 215) to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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