3 UK has announced plans to launch a new mobile Wi-Fi device in time for Christmas, aimed at providing devices such as the iPod Touch with access to the 3 network from any location.

UK mobile network 3 is to sell advertising space within its mobile broadband ‘dashboard’ to 3rd parties, a move the company says will provide advertisers with access to more than 1m mobile broadband users.

3 has announced a 15GB for £15 mobile broadband package which it says will take the worry out of mobile surfing. The company says the allowance is the equivalent of 15,000 emails, 150 hours of web surfing, 10 half hour video downloads and 480 four minute music tracks.

Mobile network 3 is giving away 1,000 mobile broadband dongles and to have a chance of winning one all you have to do is visit http://www.three.co.uk/biggiveaway – 1,000 randomly selected visitors will then be selected to receive one of their latest ZTE MF627 modems.

3 Business, the new small business division of UK mobile operator 3, has launched two new offers to give small businesses more cost-effective access to mobile broadband.