Three UK
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The UK Government has cleared the proposed merger between Vodafone and Three UK on national security grounds – one of two regulatory hurdles to getting the deal through.
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Analysts and execs from the two mobile network operators have responded the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to progress its review of the Vodafone/Three merger proposal to an in-depth phase 2 review.
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Vodafone and Three have responded to the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) who launched a formal investigation into their proposed merger.
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Three UK has come under fire from UK union, Unite, for a $2 billion dividend payment made to its parent company, which is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
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Three UK announced yesterday that Stephen Reidy has been appointed as Chief Information Officer (CIO).
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The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking views on Vodafone’s merger with rival network Three.
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Three UK has built 100 new cell sites as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) project.
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The decision to block the proposed deal in 2016 has been reinforced by EU courts.
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Vodafone and Three have announced their long-anticipated merger, claiming that a tie-up would be beneficial to customers, the country and competition, but not to China.
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Capacity speaks to industry experts on how the Vodafone/Three deal would affect the UK market and how likely it is to be approved.
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Three UK posted revenue growth of 5% to £610 million for Q1, 2023 as talks of a merger with Vodafone UK continue.
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Vodafone and CK Hutchison-owned Three UK are reportedly close to agreeing a merger of their UK telecoms businesses, in a deal worth around £15 billion.
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As several companies report their Q3 results, Capacity shares a round-up with all the key points.
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Juliana Kokott, the advocate general at the EU Court of Justice will today deliver her verdict on whether the correct decision was made to block the proposed merger of O2 and Three UK in 2016.
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Vodafone has confirmed that it is in talks with Three UK to merge its UK operations.
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Xavier Niel, the founder and majority owner of Iliad has bought a 2.5% stake in Vodafone through his investment vehicle, Atlas Investissement.
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Three UK has partnered with connectivity infrastructure provider Freshwave on the operator’s first deployments of the 4G in-building mobile specification.
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Three UK and Vodafone – the last remaining domestic operators that have not yet embarked on consolidation – could be about to combine forces. Saf Malik analyses the likelihood of a merger between the pair
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Carlo Melis, chief network officer of CK Hutchison’s Three UK, is heading to the group’s Italian operation, Wind Tre, and being replaced by Iain Milligan, former director of service operations and assurance.
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Thousands of holidaymakers from Europe will be landing in the US in the next few days – for the first time since before the Covid pandemic – to find that, after 20 years, their mobile phones no longer work to make voice calls.
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Three UK’s 5G network now covers more than 54% of the UK population, overtaking EE, the operator announced today.
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Talks of a merger between Vodafone and Three UK are no surprise given both need greater scale to compete with BT and Virgin Media O2, Kester Mann, director of consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight says.
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Three UK’s planned 2024 switch off of its 3G network will allow for more “advanced uses” as widespread 5G adoption continues.
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The UK telecoms market remains dysfunctional and requires structural change” according to Robert Finnegan, chief executive of Three UK.
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UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published its latest report that indicates the mobile market could be due for further consolidation.
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Vodafone is reported to have explored a possible merger with Three UK and is rumoured to be in talks with Iliad to combine their respective Italian businesses.
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Virgin Media O2 has confirmed it is the only major UK operator that will not introduce roaming fees in Europe.
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UK carrier Neos Networks is expanding its wholesale fibre network in Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester and London, and has signed a deal with the local authority that covers Oxford.
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CK Hutchison’s Three UK says it has completed the first phase of the digital transformation of its business-to-business operations, with a new IT infrastructure.
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Three UK has published positive half year results with revenues up 5% to £1,17 billion.
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The UK's Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) has added 32 members year to date.
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to conduct an in-depth investigation into the sale of CK Hutchison’s tower assets to Cellnex.
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The ongoing pandemic has brought many leadership challenges, and not all related to finance. In the first of a new series, Three UK’s chief people officer, Mark Redmond, writes about leading through a pandemic and how the idea of paying it forward is driving the company’s new wellbeing strategy
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Three UK has appointed Jon Davies as its new director of digital.
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CK Hutchison’s Three UK has emerged as leader for 5G availability in the country, ahead of BT’s EE, Telefónica’s O2 and Vodafone.
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Three UK has appointed David Hennessy as its new chief technology officer (CTO).
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Three UK has confirmed that 10Gbps backhaul has been added to more than 3200 sites improving the experience for it 4G and 5G customers.
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Three UK has appointed Matt Ward as its new head of mobile virtual network operator (MVNO).
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UK mobile operators O2, Three and Vodafone will partner to build 222 new mobile masts to boost rural coverage across country.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world
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Three UK, Cambridge University, Blue Mesh Solutions, Ericsson and Siemens are collaborating on a £3.4 million project to test 5G at the Port of Felixstowe.
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Vendors, operators and enterprises are becoming enthusiastic about private 5G networks, running IoT networks separate from what’s out there in the public world. Alan Burkitt-Gray looks at the market
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Three UK has completed its data centre transformation, in a bid to help provide a more reliable network for its customers.
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Three UK is investing £2 billion in its network to increase 4G speeds as much as 150%, and deliver the fastest 5G network in the country.
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Three UK has entered into an agreement with Colt Technology Services for it to become one of its preferred providers of fibre backhaul connectivity.
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SSE Enterprise Telecoms is executing an expansion programme that will see it delivery 100Gbps and 10Gbps services to businesses across the UK.
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Three UK has appointed Belinda Finch as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO), responsible for its digital and ICT strategy.
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Three UK has confirmed two senior appointments as it positions to capitalise on the B2B market and new carrier services.
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UK digital infrastructure provider CityFibre has won a multi-million-pound contract by Three to connect an additional 1,300 mobile masts across 59 towns and cities.
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The US has won its battle to make the UK ban Huawei from new 5G networks, the government announced today.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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The US is on the verge of winning its battle to persuade the UK to ban Huawei from its telecoms networks, says a former spy chief.
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CK Hutchison may have won the war, but the battle continues following yesterday’s ruling from the European Commission.