Posted: 15th Nov, 2010 By: MarkJ

Mobile operator Three (3) UK has begun offering new Mobile Broadband customers
3 Months Free access to
thetimes.co.uk and
thesundaytimes.co.uk newspaper websites, which are currently struggling from behind their new
paywall fiasco.
Following the initial three month offer,
Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers who top up every 30 days will continue to get FREE access to
The Times and
The Sunday Times for the following month. Contract customers can continue getting access through Direct Debit to both titles for £2 a week. The offer is available to new customers until 31st March 2011.
Three’s Head of Customer Propositions for Mobile Broadband, Alys Mathew, said:
"As more people consume news online, a partnership with The Times is a perfect offer for our mobile broadband customers. Three’s network has over 97% population coverage for 3G services, so we’re happy to expand the reach of The Times online readership across the country to more mobile devices."
However according to Ofcom's latest research (
here) into mobile coverage, 3G (Mobile Broadband) services can currently reach 87% of the population (drops to 76% in terms of raw geographic coverage). That's a good 10% lower than Three (3) appear to be saying.