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Get on track for the Olympics
Lucky Brits who have managed to get their hands on tickets for the London 2012 Olympics will start to see money taken from their bank accounts from next week.
Veiled warning from Centrica over household energy prices
Centrica's Interim Management Statement out today warns of the impact higher wholesale energy prices are having on suppliers and hints that consumers could end up seeing further price rises as a result.
Three launches The One Plan on a one month rolling contract
Three’s market-leading The One Plan tariff is now available on a one month SIM only rolling contract, giving Three customers all-you-can-eat data with extra flexibility.
BlackBerry Bold 9900 - coming soon to Three
RIM’s thinnest BlackBerry Bold smartphone, the BlackBerry Bold 9900, with the new BlackBerry 7 OS will be available on Three this summer.
BT recruits ex-armed forces personnel to help deploy broadband
BT’s Openreach division is looking to recruit around 200 ex-armed forces personnel to help deliver super-fast fibre broadband. The ex-armed forces men and women are due to start their new jobs in May this year.
British Gas electric car tariff takes to the road
Electric car owners could pay as little as 1.25p per mile to power their car under a new tariff announced by British Gas - saving themselves £1,200 a year compared to the cost of petrol.
E.ON and Tesco Clubcard launch new way to pay for energy
E.ON and Tesco are launching a new initiative in an industry first that allows E.ON customers to use Tesco Clubcard vouchers to pay towards their energy bills.
Samsung Galaxy S II, in store and available on Three.co.uk
While being one of the first smartphones to deliver a powerful 1.2GHz Dual Core Processor, this sleek Samsung device packs a punch of technology and claims being the world’s slimmest smartphone at just 8.49mm thin.
Motorola ATRIX with fingerprint security available from Orange
On sale exclusively from Orange, Motorola ATRIX is the world's first smartphone to have an in-built biometric fingerprint reader for enhanced personal security.
O2 signs up the Co-operative for location-based marketing
O2 Media has announced that The Co-operative Group has signed up to its You are Here location-based marketing service, becoming one of the first major UK supermarket chains to take advantage of mobile proximity marketing.
Talk for free with Post Office Homephone
Last week BT and other telecoms providers increased prices for line rental, UK landline calls and call connection. So, for customers that aren’t locked into a contract now is a great time to reassess their home telephone package and save some money.
Energy companies keep homeowners in the dark
Despite the ‘green revolution’ energy companies continue to keep Britons in the dark regarding energy prices.
Anniversary cashback from npower starts today
Today (Wednesday 4 May), marks the one year anniversary of npower’s pioneering boiler and central heating care product - hometeam 50 – which offers customers 50% of their annual fee back if they haven’t called out npower’s hometeam during their 12 month contract.
Don't fall into the store card trap
Shoppers in the UK could save up to £100 in interest by shopping around for the right card to pay for their basket of goods, according to moneysupermarket.com.
Nokia E7 available now on Three
The Nokia E7 is now available in Three stores and on Three.co.uk. Featuring a full QWERTY keypad, the Nokia E7 is the latest Symbian addition to Three’s smartphone line up.