3 UK Offers Users Cash Credit To Receive Calls, Texts"

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- 3 UK, the mobile telecommunications company owned by Hutchison Whampoa, Tuesday unveiled a promotion that pays its users to receive calls and texts.

The pay-as-you-go price service, called "WePay" and available from Feb. 1, will provide customers with a cash credit for calls and texts received. Customers can claim the cash credit, which can be used to purchase any 3 service and will be valid for 30 days, when buying a "WePay" top-up voucher.

As part of of the promotion, 3 will launch a range of new handsets designed by fashion designer Roberto Cavalli.

3 UK said a customer on WePay that receives 100 minutes of calls and 50 texts a month will earn a credit of GBP6.

Company Web site: Http://www.three.co.uk

-By Nic Fildes, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9264; nicolas.fildes@dowjones.com

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Posted to the site on 24th January 2006