Mobile network Three is so happy with its 3G setup that it's in no hurry to stick up newer 4G masts across the country, with its chief exec saying its 4G network is likely to arrive "towards the end of the year." Read More >>

Yes, this is it folks. The auction's over after 50 rounds of bidding, and now the networks have up until midnight tonight to fork out the collective £2.3 billion odd in cash. But who won what, and how much? Seems Vodafone was on a full-on 4G crusade. Read More >>

Three's just done something totally awesome for the UK's 4G roll out. It's come out and said on-record that it'll make 4G LTE available at no extra cost to its customers. You'll be able to get 4G from Three on any of its existing or new plans without having to pay any more to go faster, and that's awesome. Read More >>

Hooray, the official UK 4G auction bidding war is finally underway. Bidders are now free to throw their cash at Ofcom, using what basically sounds like Ofcom's own version of a top-secret eBay. Read More >>

Ofcom's released the names of the companies who are all-in, bidding for the UK 4G spectrum allocation, and there's not four, but seven of them. The usual suspects are all there, of course -- Vodafone, Three, O2 and EE -- but then we've got some surprise contenders. BT for one, another Hong Kong-based phone network, and some chaps from Buckinghamshire. This just got interesting. Read More >>

Remember when Three bought a chunk of now 4G-capable 1800MHz spectrum from EE? Well, it seems Three's right-ready to launch a 4G network before the likes of Vodafone and O2. Could the UK's next 4G network come from Three? Is unlimited 4G on the horizon? Read More >>

Good news Samsung Galaxy S III owners. If you're on Three, your Jelly Bean update is rolling out right now and you should be getting a notification about it any minute. If you haven't already, dig into those settings and check for updates. Time to coat your Galaxy S III in buttery smoothness. [Three via Android Community] Read More >>

The big buffet lunch enjoyed by the mobile network operators, the government and regulator Ofcom yesterday has yielded some important results, with the main mobile networks agreeing a formal timetable for a full launch of 4G in the UK. Read More >>

All of the big players in the UK mobile industry are gathering for a chat and most probably a buffet lunch today, with the networks, mobile regulator Ofcom and Culture Secretary Maria Miller hoping to end the hostility over EE's early doors launch of a 4G network. Read More >>

While Ofcom said that the 4G-spectrum auction would be delayed 'til next year, in the wake of EE's LTE fun, O2 has been said to be chatting to the independent regulator over a candlelit dinner. It wants to bring forward the 4G-spectrum auction, in an attempt to fight off competition from the Orange and T-Mobile partnership. Read More >>

If you were in any doubt that Three's raring to launch its own proper 4G network, this should put your mind at rest. Samsung's boasting it's just got the nod to provide Three with LTE network hardware in the UK -- now if Everything Everywhere would just clear the airwaves, we'd have two somethings to shout about. Read More >>

It was rumoured that Three was going to buy a chunk of that sweet, newly 4G-enabled 1800MHz spectrum off Everything Everywhere, and now it's been confirmed. Three now has the ability to roll out 4G LTE this year, just like Everything Everywhere. Read More >>

While we're over the bloody moon about Everything Everywhere finally getting the go-ahead from Ofcom to roll out a 4G network from September 11th this year, the rest of the networks aren’t quite as jolly. Apart from Three that is, which looks like it maybe, possibly, potentially, could roll out 4G early too. Read More >>

A plan that will cost £150m to boost mobile signal in rural areas has been put in jeopardy after Three UK decided to mull on the idea. Read More >>

It's an age-old problem. You assume, as a power-user, that you need unlimited data because you use oodles of it. Or at least you think you use oodles of it; the networks on the other hand protest that you don't. Apart from Three that is, who say users gobble up over 1.1GB a month each. Read More >>