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Three Reports Jump In Data

Squeezing among all the CES news, UK mobile telco Three reports a huge jump in smartphone data over the past year. On New Year's Eve, smartphone traffic was up nearly 600% in the UK compared with the same evening a year before. On 31st December 2010, 14 TB of data was transmitted.  For the same date in 2011, it was

Mobile Telcos – Phone Company or ISP?

If you ever needed evidence that mobile telcos (MNOs) are moving their business focus from telephones to data, then look no further than a recent post on Three's blog. Phil Sheppard, the company's Director of Network Strategy, revealed that 97% of the traffic flowing through Three's network was data. Only 3% was voice. Also staggering was the growth in smartphone