"Until the term sheet's been thrashed out, it's going to be hard for banks to get credit or underwriting approval, although they have it in principle," he added.

Rumours spread today that Hutchison 3G has appointed an executive to develop ways of offering soft-core pornography over third generation handsets.

Online pornography could therefore prove to be a vital way of boosting revenues for struggling mobile operators, particularly as it has already proved to be one of the few economically successful areas of e-commerce through desktop computers.

Hutchison refused to discuss the job title of its employee, but confirmed that a member of its entertainment team had been asked to explore the potential benefits and disadvantages of such a service.

Hutchison 3G is co-owned by Hutchison Whampoa, KPN Mobile and NTT DoCoMo.

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