Articles tagged with: 3 and 3 Uk

3 UK to Scrap Top-Up Fee Requirement for Skype Users

Hutchison 3G UK (3 UK) has announced that it will offer unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and instant messages at no charge to anyone with a 3 SIM card. Starting from next month, there will be no data charges or top-up fees for either contract or pay-as-you-go customers who use Skype on 3's UK network. Anyone with a 3 UK branded Skype-enabled handset will be able to buy a 3 SIM and talk as much as they want to other Skype users without ever having to pay another penny. more

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There is a Role for Challengers in the European Mobile Communications Market

..ormance of new MNO entrants, there are three MNOs with interesting developments: 3 in Italy and the UK, P4 (or its brand name, Play) in Poland, and Yoigo in Spain." 3 began its operations in 2003, when the Italian market had almost 100% po more

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Arqiva named as principal cell site partner for 3G network integration project

.. Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the network joint venture between T-Mobile UK and Hutchison 3G UK, has selected Arqiva as its strategic partner for the provision of cell sites. Under the terms of the 10-year agreement, Arqiva will provide MB more

Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession

..one market into recession. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in We more

Ericsson Expands 3G Netowork Management Contract in the UK

Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed by 3 UK and T-Mobile UK to integrate and manage their 3G radio access networks (RAN), has selected Ericsson to provide managed services to complete the consolidation of their 3G infrastructure. Under the terms of the contract, about 220 T-Mobile staff have transferred to Ericsson. more

Hutchison 3G UK Expands its Mobile TV Services

UK mobile operator, 3 UK has announced the launch of a new mobile TV section of the portal called 3 on Demand. The new area, which is managed by Mobix Interactive, brings a host of new content together with all of 3's streaming TV channels (3 Live) and the existing Sky mobile TV offering. more

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Mobile Dating Revenues to Approach $1.4bn by 2013 as Event-based Charging Models Proliferate

..l help to push the value of the mobile dating and chatroom market to nearly $1.4 billion by 2013, part of a burgeoning user-generated content (UGC) market that will reach $7.3 billion by the same time. The report says that while subscription r more

The case for network sharing gets stronger

..arly, since December 2007, T-Mobile UK and 3 UK have had a partnership where they share access to their RANs in the UK as part of their cost-cutting measures. Vodafone and TIM have also been sharing their passive network infrastructure in Italy more

Ericsson to manage 3G RAN operations for T-Mobile and 3 UK

Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed by Hutchison 3G UK (3UK) and T-Mobile UK to manage the integration of both operators' 3G radio access networks (RAN), has awarded Ericsson a four-year managed services contract for the operation and maintenance of the consolidated network. more

Home broadband Still Twice as Fast as Mobile Broadband

.. comparison. Broadband Expert clocked the average fixed line broadband speed at 3.61Mbs based on over 308,584 fixed line broadband speed tests compared to 1.57Mbs for mobile broadband (based on 5,345 tests). The gap has grown considerably due more