Three network crash affects millions in UK

Phone network with 10m UK customers apologises for voice, text and data problems

Millions of Three UK mobile phone network customers were unable to use their phones after a network meltdown.

The company, which has 10 million users in the UK, said the the problem started on Wednesday night and service had started to be returned to some customers on Thursday. The network advised customers to switch their phones off and on again to restore service.