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20 Aug 2010 09:03
Leeds Gets Online with Three
The Gadget Show presenter Pollyanna Woodward comes to town with the Three Bus
Leeds, 20th August 2010: The Three Mobile Broadband Bus will be at White Rose Shopping Centre today, with special guest Pollyanna Woodward from Channel Five’s The Gadget Show on board to demonstrate the benefits of mobile internet.
Latest figures show that 30 percent of homes in Leeds still do not have internet access[i] and that Yorkshire is also the least connected region of the country. ii
Pollyanna and Three will be offering advice on smartphone use and giving people the chance to get online with the latest Three phones and mobile broadband products.
The visit to Leeds comes as Three announces its £4.5m network investment in Leeds, improving 3G reception and access to mobile internet across the city.
Pollyanna Woodward said: “Three has really shaken up the mobile market. As the UK’s biggest 3G network, it allows more people to get connected in more places and with a faster mobile internet connection. Three’s network investment in Leeds gives locals better coverage and a better experience, which we’ll demonstrate today.”
Three is the first mobile operator to pledge its support to the government-led Race Online 2012 scheme, with a pledge to get 100,000 people connected to the internet for the first time by 2012.
“We believe it is a misconception that everyone is online and knows how to make the most of being connected to the internet” said Charlotte Blanchard director of products and services at Three.
“More than 10 million Britons - the size of Britain’s five largest cities – have never been online before. Three is committed to giving people a network they can depend on and access packages that makes the internet affordable for anyone. We believe everyone should be able to get online wherever they are, that's why we're investing in the biggest 3G network in the UK.”
Three's investment in Leeds has given the area a 35 per cent growth in network sites - from 117 sites to 159.
Three is the UK’s number one mobile broadband provider iii.
To find out more, visit the Three Mobile Broadband Bus in:
White Rose Shopping Centre, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS11 8LL
(South East Entrance in Car Park 1B)
Between 10 – 5pm on Friday 20th August 2010.
The Three Mobile Broadband Bus will be visiting Glasgow, Manchester, London and Birmingham in its next stops across the UK.
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. To do this we’ve built an award-winning high-speed mobile broadband network. Three UK is a member of the HWL group of companies, which include 3G operations in Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Macau and Sweden.
Three facts about Three:
- Three launched the UK's first 3G high-speed mobile network offering national coverage for calls and texts, and has more than 97.5% population coverage for mobile internet services.
- Three is the fastest growing network in the UK.
- Three is rated the Number 1 network for Smartphones in the most recent YouGov Smartphone Survey, took first place in 5 out of 10 categories in the most recent YouGov 3G Tablet Survey, and took top spot for 6 out of the 7 data categories in the most recent YouGov iPhone survey. Three is also came first in the most recent uSwitch Best Network awards. For more info visit www.three.co.uk/awards
For more information about Three UK, please visit www.three.co.uk or call the Three Media Office on 0845 6038333.