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Three UK to Launch Mobile Network Level Advert Blocking

19th February, 2016 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has become one of the first providers in the country to announce the future roll-out of a new network-level ad blocking technology, which is the result of a collaboration with Shine Technologies that will focus upon tackling data hungry and overly intrusive adverts.

Three UK Trial “Home Mobile Broadband” Service in Northern Ireland

15th February, 2016 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has announced that consumers in Northern Ireland will be the first to trial their new “Home Mobile Broadband” service, which really just sounds like a normal 3G / 4G data tariff with a bigger usage allowance (up to 40 GigaBytes).

uSwitch Reveals the Best UK Mobile Operators in 2016 Awards

11th February, 2016 (7 Comments)

The annual uSwitch Mobile Awards 2016, which took place this week at The Barbican venue in London, have crowned giffgaff as the “Best Network of the Year” after it won several categories. A number of other operators also picked up awards, although it wasn’t such a good night for the big boys.

EE and Three UK Named Best Mobile Operators for H2 – 2015

10th February, 2016 (6 Comments)

RootMetrics has today published their latest biannual report into the reliability, call / text performance and Internet (3G and 4G data) speeds of the United Kingdom’s four primary Mobile Network Operators (MNO), which saw EE pick-up the most wins and Three UK come a more distant second.

TalkTalk Joins Major UK ISPs to Sign Nuisance Calls Strategy with Ofcom

8th February, 2016 (0 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has today announced that they’ve joined ten other broadband and mobile providers in signing Ofcom’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Nuisance Calls, which commits them to develop new technical measures for “reducing the impact of unlawful nuisance calls on consumers“.

Three UK’s PAYG Mobile Broadband Plan with 200MB Data Reward

5th February, 2016 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has launched a new pay-as-you-go Mobile Broadband tablet SIM today that gives customers 200MB of free 3G and 4G data every month alongside the pre-loaded allowance of 1GB (1000MB), regardless of whether you top-up again.

Virgin Media UK Lends its Support to a Three UK and O2 Merger

5th February, 2016 (7 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has today spoken out in favour of the proposed £10.25bn merger between mobile operators Three UK (CK Hutchison Holdings) and O2 (Telefonica), with the provider adding that “‎any competition concerns can be addressed without blocking [the deal]“.

UPD Three UK Pledges to Retain Low Prices if O2 Merger Gets Approval

4th February, 2016 (5 Comments)

The parent of mobile operator Three UK (CK Hutchison Holdings) has moved to counter Ofcom’s concerns about their proposed £10.25bn merger deal with O2 (Telefonica) by making “three clear and simple promises“, which include plans for a £5bn network investment and a pledge not to raise prices for 5 years.

Three UK Advert Banned for Misleading “Lowest Price” Claim

3rd February, 2016 (3 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a banner advert for Three UK’s service after it misleadingly claimed to offer the “UK’s lowest price” on a tariff that bundled in the Samsung Galaxy S6 Smartphone for £35 per month. Except it wasn’t the cheapest.

UPD Last Ditch Warning – Ofcom Tell EU to Reject O2 and Three UK Merger

1st February, 2016 (20 Comments)

The CEO of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom, Sharon White, has made one last ditch attempt to block the merger of mobile operators O2 and Three UK by calling on the European Commission’s competition regulator, which has the final say, not to ignore the serious competition concerns.

Three UK Scraps Legacy Mobile Tariffs – Forces Pricey Upgrade

30th January, 2016 (28 Comments)

Customers of Three UK are livid this week after the mobile operator began warning them that their old, cheaper and more flexible legacy tariffs would be coming to an end. In some cases the outcome represents a massive price hike, which has resulted in the operator’s #MakeItRight slogan being mocked.

EE UK Delivers the Fastest Mobile Broadband at London’s Airports

29th January, 2016 (1 Comment)

Perhaps unsurprisingly EE has once again been shown to deliver the fastest Mobile Broadband (3G and 4G) Internet speeds at all three of London’s main airports – Gatwick (LGW), Heathrow (LHR) and London City (LCY).

Sky Broadband and Virgin Media Come Top in Ofcom Satisfaction Study

15th January, 2016 (15 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulatory has today published a new study of consumer satisfaction with fixed line broadband, phone, pay TV and mobile providers, which surveyed thousands of consumers between July and September 2015 to reveal that Sky Broadband is the highest rated of all the big ISPs.

Ofcom Name the Worst UK Mobile, Phone and Broadband ISPs – Q3 2015

15th December, 2015 (7 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published their latest Q3 2015 complaints report, which reveals the volume of gripes received for all of the United Kingdom’s largest broadband, phone, mobile and TV providers. As usual EE takes a beating, while Sky Broadband and Virgin Media win praise.

The UK Fastest 3G and 4G Mobile Broadband Operators in Major Cities

20th November, 2015 (5 Comments)

RootMetrics have today published their latest H2 2015 report into the Mobile Broadband (3G and 4G) performance of EE, Three UK, Vodafone and O2 across nine of the United Kingdom’s primary cities, which reveals that EE is still the fastest overall provider.. but not in all of the cities.

Three UK and O2 Merger Investigated by European Commission

30th October, 2015 (7 Comments)

The European Commission has today launched an “in-depth investigation” into the proposed £10.25bn Hutchison Whampoa (Three UK) deal to buy rival mobile operator O2 from debt-laden Telefonica, which has given rise to significant competition concerns.

UPDATE GBP150m UK Mobile Infrastructure Project Still Dragging its Feet

24th October, 2015 (14 Comments)

After four years the Government’s £150 million Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP), which was set-up to improve mobile phone network coverage in areas where there is currently none, continues to drag its feet in some key areas and may not deliver on its promise.