UK 3 Openness and Innovation
If you live in the UK, there some some great deals on 3 at the moment.
Firstly, they are offering the Skypephone for only £39.99. I reviewed this innovative phone last October. Earlier this year I spoke to someone involved with the Skypephone launch at 3 who, without specifying actual numbers, said that 3 has been very pleased with the response to the Skypephone and sales have exceeded initial expectations.
Secondly, today 3 have reduced the price of their USB broadband dongles to £49.99 (12 month contract) and free on longer contracts. There’s also half price rental for existing 3 customers so it’s possible to get a dongle for only £5/month.
It’s amazing that 3 has done a U-Turn in such a short time. Only a few years ago, you couldn’t even access the Internet from a 3 phone. It was the tightest ‘closed garden’ in the World and it wasn’t possible to use connected third party services or connected applications.
Maybe 3’s new openness, innovation and competitive pricing has something to do with it’s desparate need to start making consistent profits.
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