11th November - 3 announced details of its Christmas offers including a new contract promotion featuring double downloads, two new pay-as-you-go vouchers and a range of price plans available exclusively online,

These offers demonstrate 3’s commitment to providing compelling value while ensuring a top-quality 3G experience for all its customers.

Pay-as-you-go from 3
3 introduces two new, great value pay-as-you-go vouchers in November. The new, all-cash vouchers are worth £10 and £20. Once activated, customers can use the vouchers on any of 3’s communication, entertainment and information services.

The two new vouchers also have no expiry date, which means 3’s great value lasts for longer. All customers have to do is activate the voucher within ninety days of purchase and start exploring Planet 3.

As part of 3’s Christmas pay-as-you-go promotion new customers will receive £30 of pre-loaded credit on their handset and have sixty days to use it. Pay-as-you-go customers that port their number to 3 will also receive a £10 top up voucher.

The £10 and £20 all cash vouchers join the £15 all cash voucher on sale since the summer.

Christmas contract promotion
Customers signing up to 3’s leading range of contract price plans from November will get double the number of downloads for the first three months of their contract.

Customers can choose to spend their £10 a month on whatever they want from 3’s extensive collection of music video and audio tracks, TV services, games and ringtunes.

For example, £10 would buy:
• 20 Barclays Premiership highlights videos or
• 2 'Buy' games to download and keep or
• 4 Ringtunes or Wallpapers

This offer is open to customers signing up to 3’s leading contract price plans - Video, Talk &Text 350, 700 and 1100. Every new customer will receive £10 worth of downloads for the first three months of their contract.

The Video, Talk &Text plans available on 3 offer customers a great value combination of voice, messaging and video minutes and allows customers to try video content by offering inclusive downloads as standard every month.

Online Price plans
3 is also promoting its new online price plans, which are exclusively available to customers at www.three.co.uk. As with all 3’s contract price plans they are easy to understand and offer great value packages for anytime, any UK network voice minutes and texts

Online 675 – is designed for the heavy texter and includes 75 voice minutes and 600 texts, all for just £20 a month.

Or for just £5 a month more, with Online 950 customers receive 150 voice minutes and 750 texts, 25 video calling minutes, 25 photo/video messages and £5 inclusive downloads all for just £25 a month.

For another £5 a month Online 1400 includes 300 minutes,1000 texts, 50 video calling minutes, 50 photo/video messages and £5 of inclusive downloads all for just £30 a month.

Gareth Jones, COO, 3 UK, said: “3’s Christmas promotions set the standard for simple, great value price plans. Our new pay-as-you-go vouchers mean for the first time on 3 you can top up just £10 and use the all-cash value whenever you want. With our new online price plans 3 continues to set the pace for great value any-network, any-time voice minutes and text messages. With double downloads we’re offering contract customers the best of our entertainment services when they sign up to a new contract. If you’re looking to sign up to a new contract this Christmas or just looking for a pay-as-you-go mobile as a present, 3 offers the best value and the most exciting range of communication and entertainment information services.”

3 will continue to offer three months half-price line rental on selected price plans throughout November.

*3’s £25 & £35 vouchers remain unchanged.

About 3
3 is a mobile media company delivering a convergence of communications, entertainment and information to customers on the move.

The three areas which form the core of its business are:
• Communications – including all forms of personal communications, voice and video calling; text, picture and video messaging; and mobile blogging
• Entertainment – including television, music audio and video, computer games, and media publishing
• Information services – including wireless web, access to the best of the internet and a range of news and other information services

3 services are available from sister companies in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy and Sweden. 3 also holds UMTS licences in Indonesia and Norway.

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