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3 UK behind target
Blog According to Hutchison Whampoa supremo Li Ka-shing (that's a money-making name if I ever heard one), 3 UK is "slightly over one year behind budget", which is the sort of talk likely to fuel those persistent rumours of a sale.
[January 11, 2007, 11:20]
3 UK set for pre-pay 3G offering
News Third-generation (3G) mobile network operator 3 UK is putting the finishing touches on a pre-paid package, after a problem with handset shortages was resolved. Hutchison Whampoa, 3's parent company, recently launched 3G services in Hong Kong, and...
[February 18, 2004, 17:00]
3's UK chief executive retires
Blog Bob Fuller, the chief executive officer of 3 UK, is to retire in June when he reaches his 60th birthday, the mobile operator said today. Fuller will be replaced by Kevin Russell, who has been the company's deputy CEO since January.
[May 3, 2007, 15:27]
UK Linux guru backs GPL 3
News Alan Cox, a leading UK Linux developer, has expressed his support for the next version of the GPL. Cox told ZDNet UK that he thinks many of the changes in GPL 3 are sound: "The majority of it looks very sensible, such as letting copyright...
[January 31, 2006, 12:10]
Dell switches reach UK - Layer 3 box planned
News Dell is launching its PowerConnect Ethernet switches in the UK, competing with 3Com, Cisco and HP. More enterprise IT news in ZDNet UK's Tech Update Channel. The switches have sold two million ports in the US, where they have been available for...
[November 11, 2002, 5:00]
NeuStar Helps Leading UK Network Operator 3 to Launch Yahoo! Messenger
White Papers NeuStar helped the leading UK network operator to bring the popular Yahoo! Messenger IM service to 3's mobile customers in the UK, enabling users to be online with friends and family at anytime from anywhere.
[April 16, 2009, 1:22]
HP to cut over 3,000 former EDS jobs in UK
News HP is cutting 3,378 former-EDS jobs in its UK workforce, the company HP announced on Wednesday. The job cuts, which are the biggest thus far in UK IT jobs during the current economic turmoil, are part of a worldwide cutback that will see HP lose...
[October 8, 2008, 17:46]
UK chip company launches £3 processor
News We're bringing reprogrammability to the consumer electronics industry", chief executive James Foster told ZDNet UK. Bristol-based chip company Xmos launched its latest processor line, its first 65nm chips, on Tuesday.
[June 25, 2009, 15:14]
UK Linux guru backs GPL 3
Talkback I think you might have tried to access the full feature while it was still in the process of being published. The link should work now. Thanks, Graeme
[January 31, 2006, 16:56]
UK Linux guru backs GPL 3
Talkback What's the point of posting links to other ZDnet articles in such a short summary.if you're going to delete those older articles.
[January 31, 2006, 15:35]
Mobile can fill in UK broadband gaps, says 3
News Mobile broadband can fill the gaps in the government's proposed 2Mbps universal broadband commitment without state funding, but only if outstanding spectrum issues are resolved, the operator 3 has said.
[July 10, 2009, 16:32]
SWAT 3: Elite Edition v1.7 patch (UK)
Downloads This patch updates all UK versions of SWAT 3 to the latest v1.7. SWAT 3: Elite Edition is a first-person tactical police simulation. Live the life of an LAPD SWAT officer as you rescue hostages and dole out the justice in this action-packed...
[October 23, 2003, 15:00]
3 claims 3G coverage crown
News The mobile operator 3 has announced that its third-generation services now cover 90 percent of the UK population, giving it a comfortable lead on its rivals. UK — owned by Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa — has operated in the UK for less than...
[February 5, 2007, 12:41]
3 denies fresh sale rumours
News Mobile operator 3 has denied it is putting its UK operations up for sale, while downplaying the revelation that it is cutting jobs at its Berkshire headquarters. A spokesperson for the operator told ZDNet UK that reports in the Sunday papers...
[November 27, 2006, 12:31]
3 to push VoIP and instant messaging
News The smallest mobile-phone operator in the UK, 3, is to heavily promote IP telephony and instant messaging on its network, its chief executive has said. A notable example was the X-Series launch in late 2006, when 3 partnered up with VoIP provider...
[April 8, 2008, 16:12]
3 stung by termination caps
Blog The streetfighting upstart of the UK operator community, it has been hit hard by Ofcom's decision to cap termination rates. In an interview with the Financial Times, the chief executive of 3 UK, Kevin Russell, has claimed that Ofcom's decision was...
[May 30, 2007, 17:08]
3 to make amends for poor 3G coverage
News Hugh Davies, 3's director of corporate affairs, said customers will not be held to their contract if their local 3G service from 3, which has some of the most extensive broadband coverage in the UK, is not meeting the operator's internal standards.
[November 30, 2009, 15:51]
The 3 'G's of mobile data
Talkback From Ireland I bought a 3-locked phone on eBay (with no simcard in it) from the UK. So I rang the UK parent company who told me that they'd sell me the unlock code if I got a UK simcard to put in it. She did this, and gave me her account code with...
[October 24, 2006, 19:59]
T-Mobile and Vodafone prepare 3G offerings
News Vodafone and T-Mobile are set to lock horns in the UK 3G market next month as both companies attack the business market, while 3, the UK's first 3G operator, said it is happy pursuing consumers -- for now.
[March 22, 2004, 16:40]
3 goes Android with Spotify-bundled Hero
News 3 is to start carrying HTC's Hero handset in November, making it the last of the five major UK mobile operators to begin offering an Android phone. The company will bundle the Hero with a Spotify Premium subscription for the duration of the handset...
[October 19, 2009, 13:03]
