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30 Aug 2009 08:00
3’s Mobile Wi-Fi – deal revealed
3 UK announces market leading package on-sale in time for Christmas
3 UK today completes the picture of its Mobile Wi-Fi offer, announcing both pricing and availability.
Mobile Wi-Fi, the service that allows you to create your own mobile Wi-Fi connection, will be available via telesales and online at www.three.co.uk from Thursday 17th September, and in 3 Stores across the country from Friday 18th September.
At launch Mobile Wi-Fi will be available on two plans:
- ‘Broadband 5GB 1 month’ is a one month contract which includes 5GB of data for just £15 a month. With this deal the wireless modem costs just £69.99.
- For an upfront charge of £99.99, Mobile Wi-Fi will also be available as a ‘Ready to Go’ kit. The deal includes a wireless modem and 3GB worth of data which can be used over a 3 month period. After the data has been used up, the modem can be used on a Pay As You Go basis.
Mobile Wi-Fi, also known as MiFi®, is a new service from 3 which connects to 3’s network allowing you to create your own mobile Wi-Fi connection. You get a small device, called a wireless modem. This sends out a Wi-Fi signal so that you can connect a range of Wi-Fi enabled devices to the internet without the need for wires or a USB connection. No fixed-line is needed; you simply need coverage from the UK’s biggest 3G network to connect.
You can connect multiple devices to the internet at the same time, so while you are checking e-mails on a netbook, you can also download a track from iTunes onto your iPod touch.
You don’t need to install any software. Just insert a 3 UK SIM, switch on the wireless modem and connect to the Mobile Internet using a Wi-Fi signal. A Wi-Fi enabled device will automatically pick up the signal and ask for an eight-digit network key which you will have to put in just once for every new device you want to connect.
Marc Allera, Sales & Marketing Director at 3 UK says, “Mobile Wi-Fi is the future of internet access on the move and we’re bringing it to customers at price points that make it accessible and affordable. It’s the perfect gift for people after genuine wireless internet access on the go to complement the laptops and iPod touchs that will undoubtedly make their way onto Christmas lists across the UK this December.”
Notes to Editors:
- ‘MiFi’ and its device is a registered trademark of Hutchison 3G UK Ltd.
- Product loans of the Wireless Modem are will be available from 10th September.
WIRELESS MODEM SPECIFICATION:
| Wireless Modem (Huawei E5830) |
Form factor | Box – Wireless Modem |
Size/weight | 86 x 46 x 10mm/90g |
HSDPA/HSUPA | 7.2Mbps/5.76Mbps |
Memory | No internal memory Memory card supported, micro SD 32GB |
Radio | HSDPA/2100 GSM/EDGE/850/900/1800/1900 |
Wi-Fi | 802.11b/g |
RX Diversity | Yes |
Battery | Li battery, up to 5h active usage |
For more information contact:
About Three UK: Three is a communications company focused on bringing the benefits of the internet to mobile communications. We offer attractive pricing and give our customers the widest choice of ways to stay connected at home or abroad. To do this we're building the UK's best high-speed mobile broadband network. Three UK is a member of the HWL group of 3G companies, which include 3G operations in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Macau and Sweden.
Three facts about Three:
- Three launched the UK's first 3G network offering national coverage for calls and texts, and has over 93.95% population coverage for 3G services. As we consolidate our radio access network with T-Mobile we expect to reach almost complete UK population coverage for 3G by the end of 2010.
- Three has more than 5.8 million active customers in the UK and over 26.8 million worldwide.
- Three is the UK market-leader for Mobile Broadband, and came first in the most recent YouGov survey of Mobile Broadband customers.For more information about Three UK, please visit www.three.co.uk or call the Three Media Office on 0845 6038333.