3 mobile is the UK's leading mobile media company offering a convergence of communications, entertainment and information .
Setting the 3G Agenda - The Market Leader in 3G
3 mobile is at a significant moment in the history of communications and media. They have created a different type of business by defining a new category which fuses together information, communication and entertainment in to a single mobile device.
3 Mobile is the Largest 3G Network in the UK and Europe
The 3 network is available across eight countries and has over 11 million customers. In the UK alone, 3 mobile network acquired 3.5million 3G customers after 32 months of operations - that's more than the other UK mobile operators combined.
In 2003, 3 mobile launched the UK's first video mobile network to bring new and better services to the mobile media market. Given 3G was a new technology, 3 undertook one of the fastest network rollouts in UK history and met their license regulatory requirements three years ahead of schedule.
3 Mobile UK have a list of first to be proud of. They have created the mobile media world of Information, Communication and Entertainment and are the market leader in 3G.
3 Mobile was the first mobile operator to offer Barclays Football Premiership highlights on video mobile.
- 3 Mobile launched the UK's first live video mobile news and entertainment channel, "Today on 3".
- 3 Mobile was first to stream live TV over mobile in the UK (Grand National 2005).
- 3 Mobile Phone launched the UK's first "over-the-air" real-time multi-player gaming over mobile.
- 3 Mobile was the first to offer customers full-length music videos on mobile.
- 3 Mobile was first to launch Videomail (the video equivalent of voice mail).
- 3 Mobile was first to premiere music singles over mobile, ahead of traditional media (Robbie William's Misunderstood video and Natasha Bedingfield's I Bruise Easily).
- 3 Mobile broadcast the world's first ever live streamed gig (artist: Rooster, Nov 2004)3 was the first network to sign music video agreements with the major labels.
