Hutchison Whampoa Limited

H3G Italia S.p.A. Via Leonardo da Vinci, 1 20090 Trezzano sul Naviglio (MI) Tel: +39 02 44581 www.tre.it

Press release
Milan -November 9th 2004

15 models by Motorola, NEC, LG and Sony Ericsson, 7 of which are brand new. The Christmas campaign begins November 15th: videophones starting from 19€, Fast Mobile Card for 49€ and Super Recharge previously with 25€, and now with 50€ of traffic included.

3, the Italian Mobile Video Company of the Hutchison Whampoa Group, announces the launch of 7 new videophones to support the upcoming Christmas campaign. The number of videophones offered by 3 goes up to 15, making it the 3G offer with the widest range of UMTS handsets in Europe.

The new models from Motorola, NEC, LG Electronics and, for the first time, Sony Ericsson, support the whole 3 UMTS service offer and will be on sale in Italy starting from November 15th.

The new models completing the current handset range include LG U8110, LG U8120, NEC e313, NEC e228, NEC e616, NEC e616v, Motorola A835 the smartphone Motorola A925, and the Fast Mobile Card for data traffic.

Motorola offers three videophones. The Motorola A1000 - already in stores- is the most advanced 3G videophone in the market, equipped with a Symbian Operating System and a 1.3 Mega-Pixel resolution video camera. Together with the Motorola A1000, are the Motorola E1000, a "full-option" videophone, equipped with a 1.2 Mega-Pixel video camera, an MP3 player and Bluetooth technology, and the Motorola C975.

The newborn in the NEC house is the smallest UMTS videophone in the world. It's the NEC 338, a handset developed exclusively for 3: Weighing just 114 grams, its available in three colours and equipped with a long life battery and integrated speaker phone.

LG Electronics releases, exclusively to 3, two new videophones. LG U8130, the more advanced version of the market "best seller" LG U8110, is equipped with a more powerful battery than its predecessor (1400 mAh), reduced weight and dimension and it's available in two new elegant and refined colours. The LG U8138, instead, is the first UMTS videophone with a 65.000 colour external display (128x160 pixel), which combined with its sophisticated design, makes it the top of Korean brand's range.

Finishing out the portfolio, Sony Ericsson becomes part of 3's preferred providers with the Z1010. This videophone is equipped with MPEG4 and MP3 MediaPlayer, Bluetooth, long life battery and offers the possibility to increase the internal memory with a Memory Stick.

"It's leadership that continues: thanks to these new models - underlined Vincenzo Novari, 3's CEO - we doubled our range of videophones and we continue to be European's UMTS operator with both the widest 3G handsets choice and the best quality for price ratio".

3's Christmas campaign will kick off on November 15th with the arrival of the new videophones and last until February 6th, 2005. The LG U8120, LG U8130 and Nec e616v videophones, are available for only 19€ by subscribing to the TuaSempre tariff plan, prepaid or subscription, or one of the new subscription offers TuaNove or TuaExecutive along with Mobile Number Portability.

For the new Motorola E1000 and LG U8138 (both available starting in December) will be available for 49€, while for only 99€ it's possible to get the Motorola A1000. The price of the Motorola C975 is not yet available.

Those who subscribe to the TuaMatic or SuperTua prepaid tariff plan, can purchase the new Sony Ericsson Z1010 for only 119€, which includes 20€ of services (10€ of which from 3 Portal) to be used within 30 days. The NEC 338 (available in December), NEC e616v and LG U8120 videophones are available for 149€ with 50€ of 3 services included (10€ of which from 3 Portal) to be used within 30 days. Finally, the Christmas offer of videophones is completed by the LG U8130 for 179€, the LG U8138 for 199€ (available in December) and the Motorola E1000 (available in December) for 249€, all with 50€ of 3 services included.

The Data Card promotion continues with the 3 Fast Mobile Card available for only 49€ to those who subscribe to the Tre.Dati plan by February 6th, 2005. Finally, from December 1st to December 31st 2004, Super Recharge, the special Scratch Card with 50€ of traffic included, is available for 30€.

3 - Is the commercial brand of H3G, the mobile video company in the Italian market. After having won the UMTS license in Italy in November 2000, with the offer of 3,25 billion euros, 3 launched its service at the beginning of March 2003 and aimed for the leadership of the third generation mobile market. Among its shareholders are prominent leaders in Italy and the world, from the sectors of telecommunications, the Internet and new media, publishing and finance. Hutchison Whampoa Limited is the primary shareholder 88,67% of the authorized capital. The other shareholders include CIR, S. Paolo Imi, BMI, RCS Mediagroup, Gemina and Tiscali.

Contacts:
Gian Marco Litrico
Media and External Relations Director
Tel. 0039- 02 4458 2129
gianmarco.litrico@h3g.it

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