3UK Archives - Mobile Industry Review

A slight improvement from 3UK’s sales outreach team!

For the last few days I've been getting calls from 0800 358 4487. They never leave a voicemail. They never send a text. I...

Complete: 16 minutes on the call with 3UK to cancel my old iPhone 4 account

So I estimated it would take about 20 minutes for me to cancel my old iPhone 4 account. I wasn't far off! It actually...

Am I the only person in the UK that would pay a concierge fee to an operator?

I'm about to phone 3UK. I have to cancel my existing iPhone 4 account. It's got about 8 months to run and I need to...

My convoluted equipment swap with 3UK is almost complete

If you've been following my interactions with 3UK, you'll know that in order to get an iPhone 4S, I had to take out a...

3UK customers knocked back a massive 80TB of data on New Year’s Eve 2011

I've got news in from 3UK that you might want to have a look at. Instead of doing the re-writing thing, I reckon their...

An expensive example of Three’s stupid data policies

This is one of those posts that's about to get really, really popular across the mobile operator community. I know this, because previous ones...

3’s outbound sales people can only add new lines? Crazy!

I just had a phone call from 3 again. Do you remember last time, they phoned to offer me a special deal. The deal...

Phone hacking: How 3UK easily helps hackers get to work

I just received this email from a senior executive working in the mobile industry. Have a read. It is pretty shocking: I'm stunned. I just called...

Three UK: Fascinating example of a missed sales opportunity

No one has my 3UK iPhone 4 number. I don't tend to call people on it. Instead I use it as a data consumption...

3 MiFi success, yet-again, I love it (via Amazon)

I sound like a broken record when it comes to the 3 MiFi units. I'm use mine every day, especially when I'm driving (or,...

HSBC buys 3UK; announces plans for “true mobile wallet service”– unbelievable! [April Fool]

It's gone midday in the UK so it's time to out this story as an April Fool! Well, goodness me. This one is a market...

On the road again: 3UK is rocking my world

Fresh from Barcelona, it was nice to be back in the heavily connected HSPA+ (or is that HSPDA+?) United Kingdom for a few days....

It’s official: 3’s data network run by hamsters; string [Fixed]

I am now regularly based in Richmond-Upon-Thames. And what a flipping nightmare it is from a mobile connectivity perspective. Vodafone struggles to get anything more than...

iPhone 4 Price Comparison from 3UK

The helpful chaps at mobile operator 3 have published this rather useful iPhone price comparison chart (thanks to Squakbox who pointed this out). It makes...

Why you need GadgetsOman (or similar) in your life

My iPhone 15 Pro Max SLi Ultra Ghia Plus strategy

Microsoft Surface Duo: Insert lament post here

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