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Three UK Add New ZYXEL 5G Hub for Unlimited Home Broadband

24th September, 2022 (36 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator Three UK, specifically those looking to adopt their 5G unlimited Home Broadband packages (£20 per month – first 6 months at £10), may like to know that they’re no longer shipping it with a ZTE based router and have instead replaced it with the Zyxel NR5103E. But getting 5G to work is another matter.

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Three UK Hops on Freshwave’s In-Building 4G Network Solution

20th September, 2022 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has, following successful pilots with Workspace and at a multinational firm’s UK headquarters, agreed to join Freshwave’s new Neutral Host In-Building mobile network specification to help improve indoor 4G coverage at enabled sites.

Three UK Zero Rates Data Use for Financial and Guidance Sites

7th September, 2022 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today announced that, as part of their measures to help tackle the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, they’ve enabled it so that customers can access seven financial advice and guidance websites without eating into their mobile broadband data allowance (i.e. zero rating).

Mobile Operator Tries to Hide UK Mobile Mast.. As a Toilet Brush?

6th September, 2022 (24 Comments)

Sometimes when you try particularly hard to hide something big, you end up making it even more obvious – this seems to be what happened after EE and Three UK attempted to hide a new 25-metre mobile mast in the town of South Queensferry by making it look like a tree. But it ended up looking like a giant toilet brush instead.

Mobile Operators Seek More Engagement with UK Councils

24th August, 2022 (9 Comments)

The Mobile UK trade body, which represents Three UK, EE (BT), O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone, has published a new report that highlight how mobile connectivity can help councils overcome the challenges of delivering adult social care. But it’s also pushing for rates relief and easier planning approvals on new masts etc.

Three UK Appoints New Chief Network Officer, Iain Milligan

18th August, 2022 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has announced that their existing Chief Network Officer (CNO), Carlo Melis, is to be replaced by Iain Milligan next month. Carlo is understood to be returning to his native Italy to become Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Three’s sister company, Wind Tre.

Ofcom Must Improve Protection Measures for EU Mobile Roaming

8th August, 2022 (31 Comments)

A new MSE report has called on Ofcom to improve consumer protection measures for mobile roaming when within the EU, which follows after the organisation’s research highlighted that consumers are still at risk of being caught out by unexpected roaming costs. But operators aren’t helping by adopting different definitions of a “day“.

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nPerf Rank EE Top in 2022 Benchmark of UK Mobile Networks

8th August, 2022 (13 Comments)

Benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from their latest annual crowdsourced study into UK mobile broadband (4G, 5G) performance for the first half of 2022, which once again crowns EE as the best network operator for internet connectivity. But Three UK is starting to threaten and delivered the fastest download speeds.

Three UK Reports Average Data Usage Per Customer Hits 21GB

4th August, 2022 (30 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today reported their latest financial results, which among other things revealed that the average 4G / 5G data usage (mobile broadband), per customer, per month on their network had reached 21.3 GigaBytes in June 2022 (up from 19GB in Dec 2021).

Mobile Operator Three UK to Close 3G Home Signal Box Service

29th July, 2022 (18 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has begun to notify customers that their indoor 3G femtocell based signal booster device and service (‘Home Signal‘), which harnesses an existing fixed line broadband ISP connection to create its own indoor 3G mobile signal over a specific band, is to be “retired” on 5th September 2022.

RootMetrics Benchmarks the Best UK Mobile Networks for H1 2022

27th July, 2022 (2 Comments)

Mobile testing firm RootMetrics, which was last year acquired by Ookla (here), has today published their biannual H1 2022 study of mobile network (4G and 5G) and broadband performance across the United Kingdom, which sees EE collecting the most awards. But rival Three UK is threatening to pull ahead in 5G.

Three UK’s Ultrafast 5G Mobile Goes Live in 86 New Locations

19th July, 2022 (52 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has revealed that their ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband network has gone live in 86 new locations since the start of this year, including rural and coastal “staycation” locations like Dartmouth, Milford on Sea, Aberystwyth, Holywood and Irvine.

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Ofcom Name UK Broadband ISPs with Most Complaints in Q1 2022 UPDATE

13th July, 2022 (7 Comments)

Ofcom’s latest Q1 2022 study of UK consumer complaints has revealed that ISP Shell Energy attracted the most moans for both fixed line broadband and landline phone services, while Virgin Mobile did the same for Pay Monthly mobile services and Virgin Media were also on the naughty step for Pay TV.

Three UK Introduce 1-Month Term on 5G Home Broadband Plans

12th July, 2022 (27 Comments)

Last week we reported that Three UK had cut the standard charge on their 5G unlimited Three Home Broadband packages and also introduced the more expensive ‘option‘ of a 1-month minimum contract term. But it seems they were a bit premature, since the new monthly term has only now gone live.

Rights Holders Force UK Mobile Operators to Block Piracy Sites

12th July, 2022 (10 Comments)

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has announced that its long-running campaign, which uses the High Court to force major UK broadband ISPs into blocking websites that are suspected of facilitating copyright infringement (internet piracy), is being extended to mobile operators – starting with EE (BT).

Three UK Tops Ookla’s 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds Study – H1 2022

11th July, 2022 (21 Comments)

Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net service, has published their latest Q1-Q2 2022 (H1) study of 5G based mobile broadband performance from Three UK, EE (BT), Vodafone and O2 (VMO2), which found that Three once again delivered the fastest average (median) download speed. But Vodafone still wins on uploads.

Three UK Discounts 5G Unlimited Home Broadband to £20

8th July, 2022 (33 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has informed us that they’ve slightly lowered the standard charge on their 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages from £21 to £20 per month on a 24-month term. But on the flip side those in 4G-only areas will now be paying the same price (earlier this year it was just £14).