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3UK Offers Access To Multiple Online Social Networks - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 14 Feb 2007 03:47 PM PST

3UK has signed up with Intercasting to offer the latters ANTHEM social networking gateway, which offers access to a number of online social communities. 3UK subscribers will be able to…

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3 Ireland Offers BBC Comedy Shows - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 08 Feb 2007 06:57 PM PST

3 Ireland has started offering hit comedy shows from the BBC, reports 3G.co.uk. That includes Little Britain and The Office. Apparently over 50 percent of 3’s customers regularly watch entertainment…

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3UK Launches GeekTV - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 03 Jan 2007 10:24 AM PST

3UK has launched its first made-for-mobile channel, GeekTV. The channel (made by Player X and already available in the UK on O2’s i-mode service) will have branded content, original IP…

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More Hutchison India Sale Rumors - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 14 Dec 2006 09:22 AM PST

Hutchison seems to have replaced Apple as grist for the rumor mill… There’s been rumors going around for a while about various entities being interested in buying Hutchison’s Indian mobile…

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3UK Announces X-Series Pricing - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 01 Dec 2006 10:50 AM PST

3UK has announced the prices for its new X-Series service data packages. The Silver package costs £5 per month, and lets users make unlimited Skype calles to other Skype users…

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3UK Customers Choose Music Video Ending - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 21 Nov 2006 11:15 AM PST

3UK has teamed up with UK label Polydor to determine the best ending for the latest music video of pop act Girls Aloud. “Three videos each featured the same cliffhanger…

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3UK Expands Music Service, Teams Up With Groove Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Peggy Anne Salz - Mon 20 Nov 2006 06:52 AM PST

Mobile operator and media company 3 in the UK has tied up with Groove Mobile (which powers the Sprint Music Store, the first OTA FTD launched in the U.S.) to…

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Will Hutchison Sell 3UK? - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 15 Nov 2006 05:23 PM PST

Rumors are rife that Hutchison may sell 3UK, although these appear to have been fuelled more by Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin saying the British mobile market was ripe for consolidation…

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3 UK Expands Mobile TV Offer With BSkyB Programming - 0 Comments
Posted By Peggy Anne Salz - Thu 02 Nov 2006 06:50 AM PST

UK mobile operator 3 has signed a deal with BSkyB to make the company’s Sky Mobile TV offer available to 3 subscribers. Users will be able to receive up to…

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3 UK Revises Music Service With Dual Downloads - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 01 Nov 2006 07:51 PM PST

UK mobile operator 3 is changing its music strategy by offering a music store that allows users to download music direct to their PCs as well as onto their handsets…

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3UK Appeals For Mobile Video Ideas - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 28 Jun 2006 09:07 PM PST

3UK is seeking compelling content for its mobile TV and has offered a cash prize (sort of). “It is looking for a concept or format that will engage the mobile…

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3 UK Launches World Cup TV Show - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 29 May 2006 09:06 AM PST

Mobile TV shows about the World Cup starting in Germany next month are cropping up: among them, 3 UK has launched “Berlin or Bust”, which airs on 5 June, will…

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3 UK Takes Citizen Journalism Via Mobile A Step Ahead With “24 Hours” - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 24 Mar 2006 03:03 AM PST

UK’s operator 3 is going a step ahead in its citizen journalism initiatve. In October, it had launched See Me TV, a service which enables users to take photos on…

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3 UK’s User-Gen Mobile Channel on MSN - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 15 Mar 2006 07:04 PM PST

MSN.co.uk has signed a deal with UK operator 3 to create a mobile blogging channel. The three-month deal will see 3’s SeeMeTV, a mobile TV channel which shows and pays…

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Hutchison Delays 3 Italia IPO, Sells 10% Of Unit For $498m - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 13 Feb 2006 11:02 AM PST

Hutchison has decided against the sale of its Italian operator on the basis that it won’t get enough money. “Canning Fok, Hutchison Group managing director and 3 Italia’s chairman, said…

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3UK Unveils Content Moves: Mobile Video; Dual Delivery; User-Gen Video - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 18 Oct 2005 08:11 AM PST

3UK has issued a bunch of press releases, starting with its future strategy for 3G… 3G Strategy: The future strategy for 3UK appears to be to focus on three “core”…

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Voice is Still King - Even For Hutchison - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 18 Oct 2004 10:10 AM PST

That’s according to EMC World Cellular Data Metrics...some myth-busting going on here.  Overall, 3 subscribers are spending more than six times as much on voice as on mobile data and…

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3 UK Benefits From Football - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 31 Aug 2004 08:09 PM PST

3 UK is experiencing strong uptake of its football news and video clips service since the start of the new Premier League season. On the first day of the football…

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3 UK Launches Live Video Mobile Channel - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 04 Mar 2004 12:03 AM PST

UK 3G telecom operator 3 has launched a live video mobile news and entertainment channel called ‘Today on 3’ to celebrate its first anniversary. “Today on 3” has been created…

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3 UK Sign up Endomol - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 13 Mar 2003 01:04 AM PST

3 UK Sign up Endomol UK’s Zeppotron: 3 UK, the 3G mobile service launched earlier this week, has entered into an agreement with Zeppotron, the comedy and entertainment arm of…

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