By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Friday, May 16th, 2008 at 4:30 PM
3UK’s 3G-USB dongle can now be bought for £49.99, less than half it’s original price. The dongle war appears to be hotting up, with this being the latest in a series of announcement by the various UK Operators to try and get customers on board with their offering.
3UK’s dongle are made by ZTE and Huawei – and were first to market – since then, all the other (main) operators have launched an offering, and now the market is awash with deals – unsurprising really when the dongles have been the success story of 2008, with stellar sales!
Prepary customers will apparently have 3 tariff options:
1GB for £10
3GB for a £15 add-on (the most popular)
7GB for £25
All of the allowances last for 30 days. If you want to find out more, go here.
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