Alex Kinch

3G operator 3 have slashed the cost of their MiFi Mobile wi-fi device and the new INQ Mini 3G handset in the UK in a bid to increase sales in the run-up to Christmas.
The MiFi device, which allows you to setup a personal hotspot with Internet connectivity via 3’s 3G network, is now £49.99 upfront [...]

Why do mobile tariffs always seem to be overly complicated? With the recent July 1st EU charges cap there was a chance to make the cost of using data services abroad nice and simple. So how did the operators do? Let’s take two examples.
First, Vodafone. They announced a cut in roaming charges across the EU [...]

Are you fed up with your old mobile? Willing to swap it for a shiny new handsets for a few weeks? We’ve three brand new 3 handsets, three cages, and are looking for three volunteers willing to lock up their old mobile and try 3 and Skype for a fortnight.

Mobile operator 3 are to launch a ‘£0 per month’ SIM-only contract on June 17, with free Skype-to-Skype calls and instant messaging for no monthly outlay.

INQ Mobile, makers of the INQ1 mobile handset for 3, have released data on how the network’s UK customers use the handset.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has finally approved the merger of Vodafone and 3, according to reports.

Continuing the series of articles on Payforit, we turn the spotlight to Rory Maguire, Head of Payment Services for 3, and the presentation he gave at aime’s ‘Where is Payforit today?’ seminar.

The ‘Where is Payforit Today?’ seminar is tonight (Thursday 21st May) in London – if you haven’t already signed up you’ve still got time to register.

3G-only network 3 (H3G to it’s friends) has reduced pre-tax losses in the UK from £791 million to £152 million for the year to December 2008.
Revenue at the parent group, Hutchinson Whampoa of Hong Kong, is also up 18% to £1.5 billion.
The operator has 8% of the British market, equivalent to around 4.9 million customers. [...]

When is a Skype VOIP client not a VOIP client? When it’s running on the BlackBerry.
Amongst all the fuss about the new Skype software for the BlackBerry (and of course the iPhone), BlackBerry guru Hayden at PinStack has discovered that the software is merely a front for call-through service. When you place a call to [...]