Home Press releases Image library Contacts About us About us Three launched in 2003 as the UK’s first 3G only network, laying its foundations as the network that was born to be different. Today Three is a connectivity company that connects people to people, people to things and things to things and has 9.5 million customers. An average Three customer uses 3.5 times more mobile data than the industry average and its network today covers 99% of the UK population. Three launched 5G in August 2019 and also has the UK’s leading 5G spectrum holdings with more than the rest of the industry combined. Three is the only operator able to meet the International Telecoms Union (ITU) 2020 standard for full 5G services. Three is the official shirt sponsor of Chelsea FC men’s and women’s teams. Three was voted the Best Network for Data at the Mobile Choice Consumer Awards, as well as Best Network for Roaming by uSwitch, and the Best High Street Retailer at the Mobile Industry Awards. Three UK is part of the CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd group of companies which has mobile operations in 11 countries. We employ more than 4,800 people across our offices in Reading, Glasgow and Reading and our 311 retail stores. 4800 employees in the UK 28% of the UK's mobile data traffic 9.3m active customers 100MHz of contiguous 5G spectrum 16,500 mast sites 311 retail stores in the UK Find out more information on Three Meet the team Social commitments Shareholder Home Media Contacts For corporate media enquiries: 07454 959 715 three@headlandconsultancy.com For consumer media enquiries: 020 3128 8000 three@mischiefpr.com Our Company About Three Social Commitments Contacts Three Price Guide Careers Wholesale Mobile Broadband Visit our Instagram page. Follow us on Snapchat for the latest from Three Mobile... Read our tweets. Watch our YouTube channel. View our Facebook feed. © Hutchison 3G UK Limited 2002–Present Terms of use Privacy We use cookies (from us and carefully selected partners) on our site. Keep browsing if you’re happy with that, or see how to manage cookies