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UK mobile operatorThree is to allow customerssigned to its new or existing monthly tariffs to upgrade their plans to include all-you-can-eat data for an additional £3 per month, becoming available as of October 7. Three already offers unlimited data onThe One Plan tariffand also extends the same allowance to customers that have signed up for its £15 bundle deal onPay As You Go, but today’s announcement allows those who may have entered a contract not quite suitable to them to upgrade their tariff and ensure they aren’t charged for additional data traffic on their data-consuming smartphones....

Communications regulator Ofcom hasreleased its latest reportdetailing the UK’s most complained about telecoms providers, revealing mobile operator Three UK has been subject of the most criticism between October 2010 and February 2011. Three UK received 0.15 complaints per 1,000 customers, beating T-Mobile (0.13) and Orange (0.10) to top the charts. Telefonica owned O2 was the least complained about company, receiving only 0.04 complaints per 1,000 customers but until recently was the UK’s largest mobile operator....

In July 2010, UK communications regulator Ofcomannouncedit would half the time it took for mobile subscribers to port their phone numbers to a new provider. Today that ruling hascome into effect. Previously, it took at least two days to transfer a number between providers, requiring customers to obtain a PAC (Porting Authorisation Code) via a letter or over the phone. PACs were traditionally sent via letter or required two days notice to be sent, but from today PACs must been issued immediately via telephone or within a maximum of two hours by text message....

In a week that saw the UK Governmentrule outblocking pirate websites,new figuresshow that the UK music industry dropped almost £190m in revenue in 2010. This figure is across the board, and includes record sales, streaming, downloads and live performances. Total revenue across the music industry last year was £3.8bn, down 4.8% on 2009. It’s thought that a big contributory factor in the drop was curtailed consumer spending in light of the recent financial downturn, which not only meant a drop in music sales, but also top artist were less willing to launch large tours in case they couldn’t fill the venues....

The online music space is thriving, with the likes of Spotify, Apple, Pandora, Last.fm, SoundCloud and many others all vying for a piece of the digital music pie. And it’s for this reason that UK music streaming siteWe7is looking to broaden its horizons into Europe, with newfundingbeing secured from former Genesis man Peter Gabriel,Eden VenturesandQualcomm. The digital music landscape is getting really competitive, so we can expect to see some big developments at We7 in the near future....