Three U.K. has revamped its pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pricing by introducing new, lower rates for prepaid customers who don’t sign up to one of its monthly add-ons. As of this week, customers with PAYG credit who are not using an add-on will pay just 3 pence per minute for calls, 2 pence per SMS message and 1 pence per MB of data.
EE has today announced that its speedy 4G LTE network is now available in an additional 11 towns across the United Kingdom. EE now covers 85 towns and cities, reaching more than 55% of the U.K. population just eight months after its 4G LTE network first launched.
Hutchison Whampoa, owner of Three U.K., has today acquired O2 Ireland in a deal worth €850 million ($1.1 billion). Telefonica, O2’s parent company, believes the move will “create a new competitive dynamic in the Irish market,” which Three can now claim 37.5% of with 2 million active subscribers.
HTC has kept us in the dark about its plans to push Android 4.2.2 to the One, while recent rumors have suggested that the update could be rolling out soon. According to Three U.K., however, the update has been pulled with no specific reason given.
Having a hard time connecting to the Internet on your Three smartphone this morning? You’re not the only one. The British carrier has confirmed that it is currently suffering a glitch that is affecting data services across the whole of the U.K., but it promises it is working to fix it.
