February 4th, 2013

U.K.’s Smallest Carrier, Three, Says It Won’t Charge More For 4G Than 3G

Three UK logo

The U.K.’s smallest mobile network operator, Three, has committed to offering 4G/LTE technology at the same price as 3G — i.e. with no upgrade fee — when it’s able to add 4G to its network later this year. Three has not specified when that will happen but it’s not likely before September. Three’s premium-less price commitment contrasts with rival EE. → Read More

December 15th, 2010

Three bucks trend with all-you-can-eat data for smartphone users, but for how long?

Mobile carrier Three UK, owned by Hutchison Whampoa, has beefed up its ‘One Plan’ pay-monthly tariff to include an all-you-can-eat data allowance. This is quite interesting on several fronts.

Firstly, what we’re talking about here isn’t so-called ‘Unlimited’ data that in actual fact has a fair usage policy that translates into something like 1GB or less (Three stopped employing that trick a while… → Read More

June 10th, 2010

Three UK swims with the tide – iPhone 4 announced

At a press event I attended earlier this year, Three UK’s CEO Kevin Russell was repeatedly asked about why the network didn’t sell Apple’s iPhone and if it had plans to do so (along with the iPad too).

Russel’s answer was that it was something that they were considering but hinted that Cupertino would need to offer a better deal first – although, ultimately, Three likes to ‘swim in the opposite… → Read More