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UK Subscribers

Uswitch reports that Three's UK customer base now sits at 8.8 million. Can this be added to the United Kingdom section of the article EllieHobbit (talk) 14:08, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

No unless you can find a better source. (WP:RS) --Biker Biker (talk) 21:15, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the response Uswitch are generally considered as a neutral party within the telecoms industry. Not to worry, how about this reference EllieHobbit (talk) 10:13, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

That article is based on the company's own data. It would be better to produce subscriber figures from an independent industry source that aren't simply regurgitating press releases. --Biker Biker (talk) 11:00, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. All articles written about companies are invariably based on data which comes from the company itself otherwise how would these outlets know what our figures were? EllieHobbit (talk) 08:48, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

References

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Hutchison 3G → 3 (telecommunications) – Per WP:COMMONNAME: Outside of Wikipedia in different countries, the brand is known as "3". The 3/Three brand was also not ran by the name Hutchison 3G, but it was only used as the trading name for its UK business - Three UK (Hutchison 3G UK Limited) [1]. Different networks in different countries are marketed under the 3/Three brand and have quite different ownerships, it was the global brand that brings them, all 9 networks, together. The global brand name is only 3/Three. Per WP:RECOGNIZABLE: "3" is used instead of "Three" because of the brand logo, which shows the number "3".

Sources found:

• https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/03/newmedia.marketingandpr (from The Guardian)
• https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/behind-brand-three-mobile/%7Bsubjects%7D/article/1421325 (from Campaign)

- Wefk423 (talk) 19:53, 17 February 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. SkyWarrior 20:19, 24 February 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. —usernamekiran(talk) 05:50, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Comment Agree that the brand was only Three / 3 (primary source: https://www.three.com.hk) and they provide network of 4G technology instead of 3G only. But may need more secondary reliable source (e.g. Reuters) for the common name of the brand. Matthew_hk tc 12:59, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

@Matthew hk: One source I have found that might be reliable, from Campaign (magazine): https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/behind-brand-three-mobile/%7Bsubjects%7D/article/1421325 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wefk423 (talk • contribs) 14:30, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

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Italy

Please remove Italy in the template. 3 Italy is now Wind Tre — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.90.47.55 (talk) 14:11, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 March 2022

The source for the figure of customers has changed from 130 million to 110 million.

https://www.ckh.com.hk/en/businesses/telecommunications.php 9000009a (talk) 08:42, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done —Sirdog (talk) 09:34, 6 March 2022 (UTC)