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3 UK reveals pricing options3 UK reveals pricing
options - pre-orders will begin online February 22nd 2003
06 February 2003
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3 UK today
unveiled its highly competitive pricing options designed to bring the
UK's first commercial 3G mobile video and multimedia service to mass-market
consumers and announced that its third-party retail partners will begin
taking pre-orders online from customers signing up from February 22nd. In
early March customers will also be able to pre-order in-store in 3
UK's flagship 3Store outlets in London and
Birmingham and in selected branches of Dixons,
The
Link, Carphone
Warehouse and Phones4U and via a range of independent retailers
across the UK. Fulfilment of confirmed pre-orders is expected to begin
in mid-March. 3 UK also
revealed details of tariffs and handset options which will offer compelling
and highly competitive voice, multimedia and mobile video services
at prices which are well within reach of the mass-market. The
company announced it will offer a price plan for customers looking
for the flexibility of 'pay as you use' tariffs with no monthly line
rental, in addition to offering two generous 'bundle' pricing options
for customers looking to pay a fixed monthly cost for a large number
of voice calls, video calls, multimedia downloads and multimedia messaging. All
of 3's price plans are based on a simple
and transparent event-based charging system linking payment to specific
items of content downloaded by the customer - in contrast to existing
mobile data services where access is charged by the megabyte. Additionally
there are no complex peak and off-peak charges: voice and video calls
are billed according to fixed tariffs, regardless of the time of day
or day of the week. Prospective customers can find
out more and pre-register online at www.three.co.uk 3
UK Managing Director Colin Tucker said: "We are looking forward
to bringing 3's unique products and services
to the UK market. 3 will bring about a fundamental
shift in the mobile communications landscape. We are offering consumers
the kind of services that were in the realm of science fiction just
a few years ago - but at pricing which is highly competitive with existing
mobile voice and text services. This is an incredibly exciting time
for all of us at 3 as our vision finally
begins to become reality." The price plans
are: Option 1: 3ToGo - No monthly line
rental
- Send emails and explore news reports, sports news and
fixture listings, share prices, Lotto results and more for FREE until
June 30th 2003
- Voice calls on 3's
network to other 3 customers charged at 5p
a minute
- Other voice calls start from 10p a minute
- Video
calls charged at 50p a minute
- Video downloads from 50p each,
depending on content, including FA Premier League action, cartoons,
comedy and more
- Text messages charged at 10p each, picture
messages at 25p and video messages at 50p
- Up to £10 worth
of video downloads free each month for your first three months
- Buy
two handsets and get £100 off the total price, plus a 20% discount
off the price of your video calls.
Other rates apply to
international calls, usage while abroad, directory enquiries, premium
rate calls and certain other special telephony services. Option
2: Kit On 3'Bundle' of voice calls, video calls, video downloads
and interactive content, including: - 1,000 minutes of voice
calls a month
- 100 video call minutes a month
- 250
text messages, 50 downloads, 60 picture messages and 40 video messages
- Send emails and explore news reports, sports news and fixture
listings, share prices, Lotto results and more for FREE until June
30th 2003
- Fixed monthly cost of £59.99 for a minimum
12 month contract
Voice calls above the allocated 1,000 minutes
a month are charged at 15p a minute, and video calls above the allocated
100 minutes a month are charged at 50p a minute. Other rates apply
to international calls, usage while abroad, directory enquiries, premium
rate calls and certain other special telephony services. Option
3: Caboodle On 3 - 2,000 minutes of voice calls a month
- 200 video call minutes a month
- 500 text messages,
100 downloads, 120 picture messages and 80 video messages
- Send
emails and explore news reports, sports news and fixture listings,
share prices, Lotto results and more for FREE until June 30th 2003
- Fixed monthly cost of £99.99 for a minimum 12 month
contract
Voice calls above the allocated 2,000 minutes a month
are charged at 15p a minute, and video calls above the allocated 200
minutes a month are charged at 50p a minute. Other rates apply to international
calls, usage while abroad, directory enquiries, premium rate calls
and certain other special telephony services. Special
promotional offer for Kit On 3 and Caboodle On 33
also announced that the first 20,000 customers to register on either
the Kit On 3 price plan or the Caboodle On
3 price plan before 31st March 2003 will
be eligible for a 50% discount off the RRP of any handset. Handset
prices (RRP before discounts) begin at £399. Further
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