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EU blocks Three's £10 billion takeover bid for Telefonica's O2

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 11 May 2016 6:52 am
The EU has blocked the CK Hutchison — owner of Three UK — bid to take over Telefonica's O2 operations in the UK due to concerns that the merger would limit customer choice and increase prices. As reported by the BBC, the deal was to be worth around £10.3 billion, reducing the number of major operators to just three — EE, Three and Vodafone.

You can pre-order Will.i.am's standalone smartwatch at Three UK

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 29 Apr 2016 8:05 am
The Dial
If you're sick and tired of carrying your smartphone with you when out and about, Will.i.am's standalone smartwatch, called the Dial, is now ready for pre-order and could well be the answer to your cries. Here in the UK, Three has revealed that the Dial is available on a two-year contract from £24 a month with an upfront fee of £49 for the wearable itself. You're provided with 500MB of data and...

Three announces plans to block annoying adverts on the network

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 19 Feb 2016 7:57 am
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Three has announced plans to block annoying advertisements in the UK and Italy. The company aims to tackle "excessive and irrelevant mobile ads" by partnering up with Israel-based software company Shine. Three states that network-based blocking is more effective for customers than having to rely on applications to sort through annoying adverts.

Three UK adding VoLTE '4G Super-Voice' technology for better network coverage

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Posted by John Callaham on 15 Sep 2015 12:07 pm
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The Three UK wireless network has started rolling out VoLTE technology to its customers. Three is the first UK carrier to support VoLTE, which it calls "4G Super-Voice".

Three UK ditching All-in-One 15 plan for pay as you go customers

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Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 20 Aug 2015 5:49 pm
Three UK ditching All-in-One 15 plan for pay as you go customers
UK carrier Three has announced that it is ditching its All-in-one 15 pay as you go add-on, leaving £10, £20, and £25 options as the three plans left for pay as you go customers.

Google reportedly looking to team up with carriers for free global roaming

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 6 Apr 2015 8:22 am
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Google is reportedly in talks with Hutchison Whampoa, owner of UK mobile operator Three, to allow consumers to use their smartphones abroad at no extra cost.

Three will be the exclusive UK tariff partner for the Honor 6 Plus

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Posted by John Callaham on 4 Mar 2015 11:21 am
Honor 6 Plus
The UK carrier will give consumers a chance to buy the the new 5.5-inch smartphone with a 24 month contract.

Carphone Warehouse partners with Three to launch new network in the UK

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 2 Feb 2015 6:21 am
Carphone Warehouse
Dixons Carphone, the owner of UK retailer Carphone Warehouse, has announced plans to launch a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Partnering with Three, which may soon merge with O2 should purchase talks between Hutchison Whampoa and Telefonica go head, Dixons itself will offer branded tariffs alongside contracts from major mobile operators in the UK.

Three UK reportedly looking to purchase O2 from Telefonica

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 19 Jan 2015 6:33 am
Three
The company behind UK mobile operator Three, Hutchison Whampoa, is reportedly looking to purchase competitor O2, which is currently owned by Telefonica. The deal could be worth as much as $13.6 billion to Telefonica, who The Financial Times reports to have enlisted the aid of investment bank UBS to analyze available options, including partnership and flotation of the business.

UK operators will invest £5 billion in infrastructure to solve network 'not-spots'

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 18 Dec 2014 5:52 am
EE Store
The UK government has managed to reach an agreement with local operators to work on the issue of nationwide 'not-spots': areas restricting access to basic mobile functions due to weak signal coverage. EE, O2, Three and Vodafone will invest a guaranteed £5 billion to improve mobile infrastructure by 2017 with the aim to provide 90 per cent of the UK with both voice and text coverage.

UK government may force networks to offer national roaming with new legislation

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 3 Nov 2014 7:47 am
Three
New legislation could be in the works to effectively force UK operators to offer roaming options for customers where signal is poor. The UK government continues to work with mobile carriers on a solution to address black spots and areas where signal is hard to come by. The plan is to offer said roaming support to make it possible to switch between networks to maintain service, something mobile...

UK mobile operators reject government plans on national roaming

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 8 Sep 2014 8:34 am
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Mobile operators in the UK have rejected government proposals on setting up national roaming, according to the Financial Times. Earlier this year, operators were urged by officials to look into the possibility of sharing infrastructure in rural parts of the country, as well as locations where consumers seemingly loose signal coverage. While this would help prevent customers experiencing drop...

Three UK to introduce pre-credit check for new subscribers

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 5 Aug 2014 8:56 am
Three UK
With any new mobile subscription comes the requisite credit check, and for customers with low credit scores, the potential to be denied their service plan or phone of choice. To smooth out this process, Three UK has revealed that it'll soon introduce pre-credit checks to give potential customers "an indication" of whether they'll pass a credit check "without negatively affecting" credit ratings...

Three UK makes 0800 numbers free on new SIM-only plans

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 15 Jul 2014 8:17 am
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UK mobile operator Three has announced new SIM-only plans, enabling consumers to save on calling 08- numbers. Free 0800 calls will be included, while other 08- numbers (084, 087, etc) will cost 5p per minute. The network will also be introducing new spending tools, which will prevent customers from exceeding allowances and limits on premium numbers. On top of all this, new allowances for...

Three UK brings free roaming to five new countries

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 5 Jun 2014 5:20 am
Three UK
British mobile operator Three has announced that from July 1 it'll be adding five new countries to its "Feel at Home" scheme, which allows customers to use their UK voice, text and data allowances abroad without additional roaming charges.

UK carriers announce HTC One Mini 2 availability

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 15 May 2014 5:35 am
HTC One Mini 2
Following this morning's HTC One Mini 2 announcement, details of which carriers will offer the phone in the UK are starting to emerge. And Three and EE are first to announce that they'll carry HTC's latest miniature.

Xperia Z2 up for pre-order on O2 + Three UK, availability still a month out

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 31 Mar 2014 8:07 am
Xperia Z2
Further signs of Xperia Z2 stock shortages Sony's new flagship smartphone, the 5.2-inch Xperia Z2, is now available to pre-order from British networks O2 and Three — though customers may not receive their devices before late April or early May. O2 has the purple and black Z2 available for pre-order on O2 Refresh Pay Monthly, priced between £609.99 and £19.99 depending on the monthly price and...

Three UK reveals Galaxy S5 pricing

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 18 Mar 2014 8:30 am
Galaxy S5
British mobile operator Three has unveiled its on-contract prices for Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S5, while also revealing that it'll be joining the GS5 pre-order party, with pre-orders available in-store and online from March 28. A Three-branded GS5 will set you back £69 upfront on the carrier's 24-month contracts, which start at £38 per month for 600 minutes and 2GB of data, moving up to £44 a...

Three UK introducing 2GB tethering cap for some new customers [Updated]

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Posted by Richard Devine on 18 Mar 2014 4:36 am
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Existing customers to be safe, some new contracts to cap at 2GB A report this morning by Wired UK claims that UK carrier Three, is set to put an end to unlimited tethering allowances for new contract customers. It's supposed to be part of a raft of changes to the contract offerings which will still see all-you-can-eat data options available, but tethering will now be capped on those at 2GB....

All Three UK customers 'now on a 4G tariff'

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 28 Feb 2014 6:04 am
Three
Three 4G LTE now live 'in 36 large towns and cities' Following the completion of its staged 4G rollout, Three UK says all of its customers now have access to its LTE network. The operator says some 1.7 million of its customers are already using 4G-capable devices, and are set for a "seamless transition" to the faster network. As previously announced, all Three customers with a capable device...

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