Telecoms

  • Virgin Media adds ZTE Blade V to Pay As You Go range

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    Virgin Media has added the ZTE Blade V to its range of Pay As You Go smartphones. Ordered online the handset will cost £89.99, but Virgin are offering visitors to its network of high street stores a special price of £71.99. Both prices are subject to a minimum £10 initial top-up. The Blade V runs…

  • Three offers low-cost 4G Android tablet

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    Three is now taking in-store orders for a new low-cost, 4G capable Android tablet. The Huawei MediaPad 10 Link tablet is now available from Three stores and will be also be available online at Three.co.uk from mid-October. The 10.1 inch tablet costs just £29.99 upfront and £19.99 per month if you enter into a 24…

  • YouView to launch new £10m ad campaign this weekend

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    YouView has announced details of its new advertising campaign, due to debut during this Saturday’s X-Factor. As well as TV ads, the campaign will be supported by press, radio, digital and social media activity. The campaign will be built around the line ‘Catch up with your feet up’ and will feature pairs of feet in…

  • Three axes mobile roaming fees in seven major destinations

    Three axes mobile roaming fees in seven major destinations

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    Three has axed roaming charges for mobile customers visiting any of seven popular destinations. Form today, visitors to Republic of Ireland, Australia, Italy, Austria, Hong Kong, Sweden and Denmark will be able to use their standard bundled data, call and text allowances instead of paying international roaming charges. TalkTalk are branding the service Feel At…

  • Three announces 4G switch-on cities

    Three announces 4G switch-on cities

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    Three says its 4G super-fast mobile data services will be available from December to users in London, Birmingham and Manchester, a wider roll-out will then follow in January. 4G networks will allow operators to offer ultrafast mobile broadband services to consumers and businesses. In February Three announced that users would enjoy superfast 4G mobile data…

  • TalkTalk signs up 500,000 YouView customers

    TalkTalk signs up 500,000 YouView customers

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    More than 500,000 customers have signed up for TalkTalk’s YouView-based TV service since it launched last year, the company announced on Wednesday. TalkTalk is one of seven shareholders in the TV platform which combines traditional aerial delivered channels with internet delivered on demand and catch-up content. Like rival and fellow shareholder BT, TalkTalk also offers…