VodafoneThree has activated its Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) platform on more than 600 sites, with 9,000 expected to be live by the end of the first year of the merger.

Virgin Media O2, Three and iD Mobile were the most complained-about mobile providers in the UK during Q1, according to new figures published by Ofcom today. 

Vodafone’s UK mobile contract base fell by 46,000 in the first quarter of its financial year 2026, mainly due to disconnections in the business segment and customer losses to Three.

VodafoneThree has been selected  as a main connectivity contractor for Sizewell C, the £14.2 billion nuclear power station being built on the Suffolk coast.

VodafoneThree to be Curry’s exclusive mobile network operator partner. The new deal expands the existing mobile partnership into the home and mobile broadband market, including fixed wire services

The global secondary smartphone market dipped two per cent in Q1, its first annual drop in more than three years, according to CCS Insight.

Customers of VodafoneThree unable to have a genune complaint resolved will be able to cancel their contract without notice or penalty.

VodafoneThree has signed a wholesale partnership with Community Fibre, London’s largest full fibre network. 

Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison have completed the long-anticipated merger of their UK mobile operations, officially forming a new entity called VodafoneThree.

Mobile and broadband customers are finding more to smile about with smaller providers, according to the latest report on Customer Service from Ofcom. The regulator’s annual review of telecoms service quality revealed that companies outside the big four mobile networks—EE, O2, Three, and Vodafone—are scoring impressively on customer satisfaction metrics. Tesco Mobile and giffgaff lead

Three UK has completed the first phase of an Open RAN trial in Glasgow, deploying mobile masts on lampposts and street signs.

Three UK has a new brand campaign titled ‘Glow’ to promote perks and rewards, such as discounted cinema tickets, £1 coffees, and flexible handset upgrades.

Here’s a Mobile News-style rewrite of your story: Three Business has teamed up with eSIMGO to offer more than 50,000 businesses across Birmingham and Bristol the chance to experience its network before committing to switch.

Ericsson is pumping €200 million over three years in its Athlone facility to accelerate the development of open, programmable 5G networks.

How can the Vodafone, Three, SMARTY, VOXI, and TalkMobile brands all coexist in harmony? The truth is—they can’t. Duplication will have to go, and some brands won’t make it predicts Graystone Strategy founder and MVNO expert JamesGray

Three Business, the B2B arm of Three UK has reached a million customers, up from 60,000 four years ago. This means the base has increased 16 times over in four years, The network has invested £2 billion to deliver 99 per cent 4G population coverage and 64 per cent 5G outdoor coverage across 685 towns

Barclay Communications and Three Mobile UK have teamed up to support charities and social enterprises across Northern Ireland by offering cost-price mobile packages and direct financial donations.

Three UK has launched a £1 a month subscription-based service, called ‘Three Device Security’ offering enhanced protection against scams, fraud, malware and phishing attacks across both Android and iOS devices. The technology is from cyber security company Bitdefender and the launch comes as Three UK reveals it blocked nearly seven million scam messages** in the

CEO of Vodafone UK Max Taylor who will be CEO of the new merged network. has anniunced his management team to run the £15 billion venture. They are:  Darren Purkis (CFO) Kelly Barlow, (Strategy and Portfolio). Clare Corkish (HR) Andrea Dona (Networks), Nick Gliddon (Business). Stephen Lerner (Regulatory, Government Affairs & Company Secretary), Nicki Lyons

Apple, Google, and Samsung executives  joined the Home Secretary, police leaders, the National Crime Agency, and Mayor of London at a conference yesterday in London to respond to a 43 per cent surge in street crime, driven by mobile phone theft. The Government is calling for a unified strategy  to tackle the growing issue. Home

EE has emerged as the dominant network in key areas of mobile connectivity, according to an analysis by nPerf. The analysis is based on 91,281 tests conducted by users under real-world conditions using the nPerf application, available on both Android and iOS. EE achieved the highest nPerf Score in categories such as latency, video streaming,

Three UK has partnered with Ericsson to build a new cloud-based core network that will more than triple the network’s capacity to 9Tbps (terabits per second). Data traffic on Three’s network doubled to over 2Tbps in December 2024 compared with two years prior. Notably, it took nearly 20 years for data traffic to reach 1Tbps.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared Vodafone’s historic merger with Three. The deal will be completed in the first half of next year and is conditional on both companies signing binding commitments to invest billions to roll out a combined 5G network across the UK and cap tariffs and offer preset contractual terms

Sky has expressed strong opposition to the proposed remedies to safeguard competition resulting from a merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK Sky has called the remedies suggested by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)  “weak” and “temporary.” The company argues that the measures fail to adequately safeguard competition in the mobile wholesale market, leaving

Three has welcomed Ymobile as a new MVNO to offer data-only eSIM plans that can be bought through the Ymobile app without any contractual obligations. Ymobile offers five flexible, 30-day data plans. These are 2GB for £2, 5GB for £5, 10GB for £7, 50GB for £10, and 100GB for £15. Ymobile is an MVNO brand

The proposed merger between Vodafone and Three is nearly a done deal. The Competition and Markets Authority has agreed that a significant network upgrade by the merged company could address competition concerns and allow the merger to proceed. The CMA now states that a legally binding commitment from Vodafone and Three to undertake their proposed

Vodafone and Three have pledged to maintain tariffs for their SMARTY and VOXI MVNO customers.at £10 or below for two years from the completion of the proposed merger of the two networks. They say they will also provide a pricing framework that encourages other MVNOs to access their additional network capacity. Upon approval of the

The UK will miss out on £11bn of infrastructure investment to deliver 5G Standalone to 95 percent of the population by 2030 and 99 percent of the UK population by 2034 unless the Vodafone Three merger goes ahead. So says Vodafone UK’s Chief Network Officer, Andrea Donà, citing findings from research that indicate nationwide 5G

Approval for the Vodafone and Three merger is now in doubt as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it could lead to higher prices for consumers. Although a final decision is not expected until December 7, the CMA says it is now worried that the merger “could lead to millions of customers having to

HMD has signed a sponsorship deal with FC Barcelona. The three-year deal sees Human Mobile Devices become a Global Partner of FC Barcelona, and the Official Mobile Phone Partner of the club. The partnership is designed to raise awareness of Human Mobile Devices through digital advertising opportunities at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys and Spotify

Three UK spent £17 million more than it earned after covering operating costs and investments,according to half-year figures for 2024. This is an improvement from the £112 million shortfall in early 2023. However revenue climbed nine per cent to £1.335 billion, up from £1.227 billion in the same period last year. The increase was driven

Three UK has revised its pricing structure to show annual price increases outlined in “pounds and pence” determined by tiers based on the data allowance of each contract. Each year mobile customers will see the following increases depending on their data allowance. 4GB or less: £1 more a month, 5GB-99GB: £1.25 more a month, 100GB

The Competition and Markets Authority needs another three months to produce its findings on the proposed Vodafone and Three merger. The original period for the CMA’s report to be prepared and published was September 18. This has now been extended to December 7. Inquiry group chair Stuart McIntosh stated that this was because the Inquiry

Virgin Media O2 supports the merger of Vodafone and Three and said it  would be “a positive step for investment in the UK’s digital infrastructure.” The affiirmatiom was made by Lutz Schüler,CEO of Virgin Media O2 announcing the networks Q2 financial performance.  Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone UK have a new, long-term mobile network sharing

Three Becomes Chelsea Women’s Principal Partner Three is now the Chelsea Women’s football team’s main sponsor, becoming their first women’s-only Principal Partner. Three’s logo will feature on all women’s players’ training kits, matchday warm-up shirts, and travel apparel in the upcoming season. Fans will have the chance to purchase these items starting from the 2025/26

Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have agreed to extend their network sharing agreement that has been operating for more than a decade. The agreement is subject to the approval of the merger between Vodafone and Three by the Competition and Markets Authority. The agreement will be an irresistible carrot for the Competition and Markets Authority

Three UK has refreshed part of its network with the latest Ericsson radio equipment that uses machine learning and AI to switch off during low traffic periods and instantly turn back on again As part of an ongoing network modernisation initiative over the last 18 months, Three UK has worked with Ericsson on improving network

BT has torn apart the proposed Vodafone and Three merger in its response to the Competition and Markets Authority investigation into the planned merger and driven a coach and horses through any claim that the deal would be good for consumers. BT claims a merged network would have a disproportionate share of capacity and spectrum

Government security agencies have approved the Vodafone and Three merger on condition that the National Security Committee oversees work deemed to have a potential impact on national security. A technical group will be set up within the National Security Committee to monitor cyber, physical and personnel security facets and that the new merged network migration

Three UK is using former hardman footballer Vinnie Jones in a campaign with Chelsea F.C. and Samaritans to address mens’ mental health issues In an online video, Jones talks abouth is own mental health issues with Chelsea players Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson, Robert Sanchez and Alfie Gilchrist and encourages them to ‘talk more’. Jones said: “I

The proposed merger of Vodafone  and Three deal could leave consumers and businesses worse off,  lead to higher prices for customers and affect investment in UK mobile networks says the Competition and Markets Authority  The CMA has ruled the merger now requires further investigation with a six-month probe run by a panel of outside experts.

The UK will continue to lag behind in 5G unless Vodafone and Three can join together and match the scale of the combined operations of BT and EE and Virgin Media and O2  said Three UK CEO Robert Finnegan who was announcing the network’s 2023 performance. The CMA is due to announce tomorrow if it

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has started its Phase 1 investigation into Vodafone UK’s joint venture agreement with Three UK to combine the companies’ telecommunications operations under one single network provider. The CMA must assess the potential impact of a merger on competition. It cannot consider other potential effects, such as national security concerns,

The Competition and Markets Authority wlll soon begin the first phase of its probe into the planned merger of Vodafone and Three. Ahmed Essam, CEO of Vodafone UK?, said: “We have formally submitted our Merger Notice to the CMA, having worked with them closely through the pre-notification process. “We look forward to continuing the constructive

Mobile networks are facing a collective claim of more than £3 billion for allegedly overcharging customers for handsets beyond their contractual terms.

Currys’ MVNO iD Mobile has amassed 1.5 million subscribers using Three’s network, up from from its 800,000 customers five years ago.

Three’s proposed merger with Vodafone is now ‘vital’ to enable the required investment scale, said Three CEO Robert Finnegan. The network today revealed its Q3 results which showed total revenue of £1.8bn, an increase of two per cent over the same period last year. Three now has 10.7 million active customers, an increase of four per

The Unite trade union has attacked the proposed Vodafone and Three merger saying it is a threat to national security and will cost consumers £300 a year.

TalkTalk Group says it expects some redundancies in corporate functions as it demerges its main operating businesses into three standalone companies. These will be the B2B Wholesale Platform, TalkTalk Consumer, and TalkTalk Business Direct. The new companies will become operationally separate on November 1, and legally separate from March 1, 2024. Each division will be

Three is doubling to two million the number of gigabytes of data it gives to the Good Things Foundation’s National Databank for onward distribution to people in financial straits to stay connected.

MusicMagpie has installed more SMARTDrop Kiosks in three high-footfall shopping centres. They are Manchester Arndale (main pic), Cribbs Causeway (Bristol) and Willow Brook (Bristol) which attract over 50 million visitors a year, combined. They add to the initial rollout of 290 SMARTDrop Kiosks into Asda stores which started in November 2020 and was completed across

Three has built its hundredth 4G rural site as part of the Shared Rural Network programme. The £1 billion SRN programme will increase all operators’ 4G coverage increase to 90 per cent of UK 95 per cent by 2026.

Three’s business customer base surged by 86 per cent to half a million business customers compared with a year ago and the network now has a total active customer base of more than 10.5 million people, up by 661,000 a year ago.

Vodafone is covering every phone on a monthly Evo contract for free warranty repairs as long as the customer has it and free replacement of a drained battery for up to three years of ownership.

 Three delivered the fastest 5G internet speeds over the last year according to nearly 100,000 real word tests carried out by users of the nPerf mobile application.

TalkTalk and Gamma have signed h new three-year deal to support connectivity services.  The two companies have worked together since 2002 and the new agreement lasts util April 2026. The previous three-year contract provided growth in ethernet additions for TalkTalk’s business wholesale arm. TalkTalk continues as the main sponsor for Gamma’s Gammaverse and GX: Frontiers

Ex-Three financial director Paula Benoit has joined utilities and connectivity Glide, as chief financial officer. Glide operates across s the UK and Europe and specialises in connecting student and built-to-rent accommodation, shared HMO living, and business parks with fibre broadband and wifi. It has its own national full fibre network reaching over 100,000 premises, Benoit has

Three UK has launched of a new ad campaign with the slogan , ‘Live Your Best Phone Life. The campaign appears across TV, posters, cinema, radio, social and retail

Successfully bringing together Vodafone and Three customer records and packages will be key for ensuring that billing and services continue as normal for customers says Harry Dougall, CFO and founding partner at Sagacity The Vodafone-Three deal is the latest in a long line of telco Mergers and Acquisitions  including the high-profile Virgin-O2 merger which happened

Vodafone and Three’s deal will create the biggest single mobile network. Hamish White, CEO of telecoms provider Mobilise explains how the merger could affect the UK’s mobile market. While the merger seems to be beneficial, it’s far from approved yet. And it’s a process that could take as long as 18 months, with approval from

The combined Vodafone and Three network will invest €11 billion over 10 years to create the UK’s biggest network and boosting economic growth and employment. Three UK CEO, Robert Finnegan, and Vodafone UK CEO, Ahmed Essam (main pic) have put more flesh on the bone of the historic merger. Both confirmed there will be no

Vodafone and Three have agreed their marriage. But they still require regulatory approval and there is already precedent for the authorities rejecting such massive consolidation.

MERGER OF VODAFONE UK & THREE UK TO CREATE ONE OF EUROPE’S LEADING 5G NETWORKS (London and Hong Kong, 14 June 2023) Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) and CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited (“CKHGT”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (“CK Hutchison”), have entered into binding agreements in relation to a combination

Virgin Media O2 has been named the best network in the UK for combined connectivity experience, according to mobile network benchmarking specialist GWS. GWS collects data from 17,500 local markets in 25 countries and collects more than 54 million data points collected daily from mobile consumers  For thee statistics it collected data over six months

Vodafone and Three will announced their marriage in less than 48 hours according to Reuters, creating a network with 27 million customers. The new merged company, expected to be announced on Friday will be 51 per cent owned by by Vodafone and 49 per cent owned by Hutchison. Analysts say it wil be worth around

Three has the best customer service average response times of just 47 seconds according to Ofcom’s latest annual customer service report

Vodafone Group plans to axe 11,000 jobs over the next three years as new CEO Margherita Della Valle announces a “rebalancing” of the of the global company

Three has confirmed it will soon be stocking the £1,749 Google Pixel Fold announced yesterday.

Three’s revenue Q1 revenue grew by five per cent to £610m, while margin increased by seven per cent to £389m according to figures released today,

HMD Global, has brought out a new Nokia rugged smartphone as a successor to the original Nokia 3310 rugged phone.  The new XR21 will come with four years of monthly security updates, three years of OS upgrades, three years of warranty and a one-year screen replacement guarantee The XR21 is claimed to withstand a soaking

Dhirendra Prasad stole parts faked invoices and took bribes from crooked Apple vendors. Must repay $19 million to Apple and IRS

Broadband Genie analysis of 400k speed tests rates three top and O2 bottom

You can call me Al (but not if I don’t know you)

Three is offering free connections worth a total of £150,000 to small and medium businesses with 20 to 150 employees in Manchester and Birmingham who can best demonstrate how their businesses can grow using the Three network. Successful applicants will get free SIM packages as well as free Business Broadband for two years. Businesses must

 iFixit collaboration will facilitate repair-at-home for the G22 model

Special cheap one-month rolling contract can be cancelled at any time Three UK has launched an exclusive  £12 a month social tariff through its sub-brand SMARTY for people who can prove they are on employment support, job seeker allowance, income support or pension credit  The exclusive tariff offers unlimited data, calls and texts, and 5G

Seven-year partnership to continue

Results collated from around a million user-generated tests from iOS and Android speedtest.net app

Selling prices hold up in Q3 due to higher cost of 5G devices

All rises are effective from January 1

The first three units are live in Leeds, and three more are to follow in the coming months

Work is underway across all home nations as part of the wider SRN programme, with 51 new sites now live

31pc stated that high-speed broadband was the most important tech that young people need access to

Chosen start-ups to develop digital solutions to help manufacturers cut carbon emissions. BT has selected three start-up companies to develop digital solutions to help manufacturers cut carbon emissions. The chosen start-ups will help develop solutions based on their expertise in factory designs, sensors to eliminate energy waste and emissions monitoring RIIICO 3D scanning uses digital

92pc are looking for ways to reduce energy costs

Brits could save an average of £7 per person per month with Sky Mobile due to the ability to roll spare data

Offers are available until December 5

Over a million football fans are expected to go to Qatar for the World Cup in November

Three Business continued to develop in this quarter with the launch of Business Broadband and promotion of Adapt product

Sylwia Kechiche, Principal Analyst at Ookla, discusses the topic of consolidation and how it may impact consumers if network convergence is carried out incorrectly

The new Business Broadband aims to provide instant downloads, smooth collaborations and taking payments for a seasonal business or a new short term location

Mystery Shopper has come from India to pursue her Masters in the UK, and is looking to buy a new phone and SIM which will also allow her to make international calls. She was pleased to find out about promotional deals for the new Google Pixel 7 and then checked which provider could offer her

New customers to Three Business will be given guidance and information from Samaritans when they join

The new series features a 72-hour battery life with Extreme Battery Saver

The offer is available for four days only

The two companies are set to merge because each network cannot solely recover the cost of setting up 5G networks

Proposed merger will give Vodafone UK controlling 51 per cent share 

Unlimited data tariff among offers.

Businesses can earn rewards from every business or product referred to in this unlimited scheme