{"id":2106,"date":"2012-11-16T01:29:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T01:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=2106"},"modified":"2012-11-15T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T09:37:24","slug":"uswitch-award-fastest-3g-mobile-broadband-network-gong-to-three-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/11\/uswitch-award-fastest-3g-mobile-broadband-network-gong-to-three-uk.html","title":{"rendered":"uSwitch Award Fastest 3G Mobile Broadband Network Gong to Three UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual uSwitch.com Mobile Awards 2012, which took place this week in London\u2019s Covent Garden (Circus) area, have named <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-80\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"three uk\">Three UK<\/a> as the <strong>Best Mobile Network<\/strong> and the <strong>Fastest Network<\/strong> for <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-115 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"3g\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_mobile.php\">3G<\/a> based Mobile Broadband speeds. The operator was also crowned as the best network for roaming.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The runners up for Fastest <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-115 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"3g\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_mobile.php\">3G<\/a> Network were <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"o2\">O2<\/a> (2nd) and <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"vodafone\">Vodafone<\/a> (3rd). But oddly TescoMobile picked up the gong for <strong>Best Network Coverage<\/strong> with almost eight out of ten customers (78%) voting for them, which is despite the fact that <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"o2\">O2<\/a> actually runs its network (O2 and Orange UK were apparently close contenders for the crown).<\/p>\n<p>A full list of categories and their winners can be found at the link below.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>uSwitch.com Mobile Awards 2012<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uswitch.com\/mobiles\/awards\/2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.uswitch.com\/mobiles\/awards\/2012\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual uSwitch.com Mobile Awards 2012, which took place this week in London\u2019s Covent Garden (Circus) area, have named Three UK as the Best Mobile Network and the Fastest Network for 3G based Mobile Broadband speeds. 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