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EE adds nine London sites to 5G trial, Three announces £2 billion 5G spend
EE has announced nine new trial sites of 5G mobile technology in east London. Meanwhile rival provider Three has revealed that it is to invest £2 billion in launching 5G. Industry analysts believe that mobile network operators in the UK will begin rolling out the country's first 5G services in the fourth quarter of 2019.…
Deezer partners with Three to offer free 6 month subscription, embeds service on Android devices
Music streaming service Deezer has announced a partnership with Three to give its mobile customers more on-demand music with unlimited access to Deezer Premium+. Available to new and existing Three customers on Pay Monthly, Pay As You Go contracts and SIM-Only deals, customers will receive a free subscription to Deezer Premium+ for six months. Subscribers will…
Three launching voice-over-4G (VoLTE) services in Q3 this year
Three's Director of Networks has revealed that the company is planning to launch 4G voice services in the third quarter of this year. Speaking to Mobile News CWP Three's Phil Sheppard said that the plan is to use the new 800mhz spectrum that the company recently acquired to launch voice services on 4G - which…
Three negotiating to buy O2 for £10bn
Its official! The parent company of the Three network, Hutchison Whampoa Limited has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the O2 network from Telefonica for a cool £10bn. So the rumours are true - and the combined companies would create the UK's biggest mobile network - assuming the competition regulators give it the green light. According…
Phones 4u goes into administration. Are EE and Vodafone to blame?
Sad news for the 5,596 people who work for retail chain Phones 4u. Or anyone who has pre-ordered an iPhone 6 for that matter who will now probably not get their handset. The company went into administration last night and will not open its doors today.The reason, it seems, is because the mobile phone…
Three start selling unlocked phones
Good news for mobile phone customers (ie: everyone) as Three has announced that it has began selling all of its phones unlocked. This means that you won't have to take your phone along to shifty hut on the high street to move your phone over to another network. In a blog post on the Three…
Three users get free wifi on the London Underground
Good news for Three users, who were previously left on the London Underground. People on O2, EE and Vodafone have had free wifi access for a number of years now - and finally Three is (according to TechRadar) making it a set, as the fourth major network to do a deal with Virgin Media, which…
Three makes 0800 numbers free on SIM-only plans
It's always been somewhat puzzling that we have to pay to dial a freecall number from a mobile phone. Those 0800 numbers are free to call from a landline, so why not from a mobile too? From June 2015, Ofcom will bring in new rules that will include requiring 0800 to be free from mobiles…
Three's free 4G hits London, Birmingham, Manchester and Reading in December
Three have today shed light on a few more details of the UK network's 4G rollout, revealing the first four cities set to get the superfast data speeds come its launch in December. London, Birmingham, Manchester and Reading will be…
Three drop roaming charges from seven countries: "Feel At Home" in Hong Kong, Australia
Hot on the heels of their free 4G plans, Three are gaining further good favour with their users today by announcing they will be dropping roaming charges in seven international territories. The "Feel At Home" scheme will allow you to…
