It operates GSM, 3G and 4G mobile telecommunications services in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam under brands 3, Hutch and Vietnamobile.

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.

[5] In 2009, Hutchison sold its controlling stake in Orange Israel to Scailex Corporation.

In 2006, H3I announced that it retained Siemens to design, build and operate state-of-the-art 2G and 3G nationwide wireless networks.

Indonesia is an extremely attractive wireless market with a sizable population and a relatively low mobile penetration rate.

It is an excellent example of Hutchison Telecom's vision and strategy in achieving growth in emerging markets.

In February 2005, Hutchison Telecom was granted an investment licence by the government for the project and in January 2007, launched CDMA service under the brand HT Mobile.

While they offered a superior network, the market uptake was greatly hampered by the lack of affordable CDMA handsets, in particular, those with the Vietnamese language option, coupled with the trend of leading manufacturers to scale back handset development for this market.

The brand surpassed the one million customer mark within six months of launch, mostly in the prepaid segment.

It was then changed to "Hutch" nationwide when they expanded rapidly to become the third largest mobile service provider in India and furthered its market share through the acquisition of BPL, Fascel, Command & Aircel Digilink.