UK telecom company Three has asked Ofcom to limit the amount of spectrum that BT and EE can buy in the next spectrum bid which is about to go down later this…
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Three UK will go ad free for 24 hours
Mobile network operator Three UK has announced that it will be blocking adverts on mobile websites and apps from next month. According to the company, for a 24 hour period, adverts will…
UK 4G Mobile Coverage is Lagging Behind 39 countries
Have you noticed a lag while watching YouTube or Netflix on your phone when you connect to the mobile data? Turns out, it’s not just you, a lot of other customers in…
Call charges to numbers starting 084, 087, 09 or 118 increased
A price comparison site has revealed that mobile phone service providers in the UK have increased access charges of call made to numbers starting 084, 087, 09 or 118 by as much…
Qualcomm inks spectrum deal with Vodafone, 3G UK
Qualcomm has inked two separate deals – one each with Vodafone UK and Hutchinson 3G UK Limited – under which the two telecoms companies will be buying L-Band 20 MHz spectrum (1452…
Hutchison Whampoa to sell off 33% stake in UK mobile unit
Hutchison Whampoa Limited has revealed through a press release that the company is going to sell off 33 per cent stake in its UK mobile unit and for this purpose, it has…
Three UK to roll out VoLTE across 4G network later this year
UK Mobile operator Three has announced it will introduce voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) to its network sometime later this year. At a press event the operator said VoLTE will be rolled out to customers…
Hutchison Whampoa announces global MVNE platform ‘Hue’
Three-owner Hutchison Whampoa has launched end-to-end Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) platform dubbed “Hue” that aims to offer global connectivity to its partners. The Hong Kong-based telco said its operator-led, end-to-end mobile…
Google discussing free international roaming with Hutchinson Whampoa
Recent reports suggest Google is currently in serious talks with Hutchinson Whampoa, owner of the mobile operator Three in the UK, to make international roaming free for Americans. The tech giant’s latest…
UK mobile networks gauged; EE rated best, Vodafone worst
UK’s mobile network landscape will soon see a huge transition with two major acquisitions and launch of two new virtual mobile networks and to give a picture of the current state of…
EE, O2, Three and Vodafone pledge to expand mobile coverage to 90% by 2017
UK mobile operators EE, O2, Three and Vodafone have agreed to a £5 billion investment programme to improve mobile signal in so-called ‘partial not-spots’. UK watchdog Ofcom has amended the licenses of…
Dixons Carphone teams up with Three to launch mobile network
Dixons Carphone has inked a partnership with Three owner Hutchison Whampoa that will see the former launch its own mobile phone network in the UK. The new network will be a mobile…
Telefónica, Hutchison ink £10.25 billion “exclusivity agreement” over O2
Telefónica has confirmed that it has entered into an all cash £10.25 billion “exclusivity agreement” with Three owner Hutchison Whampoa for sale of O2. The confirmation comes just a week after reports…
O2 acquisition by Three’s parent Hutchison Whampoa is ‘least likely’, Ronan Dunne says
O2 Chief Executive Ronan Dunne is of the opinion that the networks’ takeover by rival Hutchison Whampoa, parent company of Three, is the ‘least likely’ of all the possible acquisition bids in-line….
CityFibre signs dark fibre agreement with EE & Three
Fibre-optic infrastructure provider CityFibre has inked a deal with UK Internet service providers EE and Three that will see the former providing dark fibre backhaul connections to mobile masts owned by the…