Today has seen a landmark consultation from Ofcom to bring down the charges that mobile networks levy against each other when you make a call. The charges are known in the industry as Mobile Termination Rates.
At the moment, these charges cost you about 5p of every minute of every call you make from your mobile. [...]

Hi everyone – Sylvia here.
Antonio in our Finance team took the new Nokia X6 on a roadtest for us while he was on holiday. Take a look at his video below to see how he used Nokia’s Music Store and how he got on with the location based features.
Let us know what you think..

Hi Everyone – the Samsung Galaxy Portal launches today on 3! You can get it online from today, and in-store next week.
This is our first Android phone from Samsung, and it comes on the new Eclair platform. I’ve loved using it and I think it’ll go down really well.
You can watch review of the phone [...]

Hi everyone – Sylvia from the Devices team here. I’ve got some news that I wanted to share with you.
I expect most of you will have read through Nigel’s updates on our plans for smartphones this year.
We’ve come in for a lot of flack in the past (and on this blog!) for our handset range

Except it’s not really…

Sony Ericsson and Spotify – on 3 soon?
Mobile network 3 is now offering the Sony Ericsson Vivaz on contract – complete with access to the Spotify music service.
Customers planning to nab the 8.1MP, 720p-recording phone can now do so with the unlimited music streaming service – except it’s not available on the [...]

Will the network finally be stocking the iPhone too?

3 CEO chats iPad with UK journalists
At a network briefing today CEO Kevin Russell talked about 3’s strategy regarding zeitgeist products, such as Android and the iPad.
When asked by TechRadar about the possibility of being one of the big data providers for the 3G iPad,

Loads of free calls thanks to Skype too

Three drops the price of the Nokia N97 smartphone
Three has announced it will be picking up the new Nokia N97, complete with free Skype calls, for one of the cheapest ‘pay as you go’ rates.
While the phone is available unlocked for around £500, the latest Nokia smartphone will