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Third-generation mobile operator 3 has announced it will start paying its pay-as-you-go customers to accept phone calls and text ads.
Under the WePay tariff, popular 3 users will get credit to use towards their phone bill whenever someone tries to contact them - 5p per minute for calls and 2p per text read – in a bid to lure heavy pay-as-you-go users to the 3 network.
A 3 spokeswoman told silicon.com that the move is also designed to get data-shy users to experiment with new content using their credit. She said: "Traditionally pre-paid customers are lower spending and this is about encouraging them to use 3G content."
The tariff will be available from February.
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1. anonymous
Yeah that's great.
They should spend their money on making sure people can actually get a signal first.
2. Prem Ghinde
Finally managed to get off 3 after a year and a bit of non-stop hassle, broken promises and rubbish reception. Best move I ever made I tell thee!!
They need to sort out the infrastructure and customer services before trying to get MORE people onto thier network. I was lucky to speak to someone in less than 15 minutes whenever I needed to talk to them!