Why does my three uk phone keep connecting to orange uk my phone is nokia 6280?

Orange is to be the new ‘national roaming partner’ for 3 – carrying 3 customers’ calls on our UK 2G network when a 3 customer is outside 3’s 3G coverage area.

3 customers continued to roam on O2, 3’s current national roaming provider, until a transition phase started in late 2006.

Following the transition phase existing 3 customers’ handsets will select the Orange network in preference to O2, though they’ll still be able to roam on to O2. As of now, new 3 customers will only roam on to the Orange network.

3 has over 3.5 million UK customers and its 3G-only network provides coverage to 88% of the UK population. The new agreement with Orange will ensure its customers continue to have 99% national GSM (2G) coverage, filling in the gaps not covered by the 3 network.

Under the agreement 3 customers will seamlessly roam on to the Orange network when they’re outside areas covered by the 3 network. They’ll be able to continue to make and receive voice calls, send and receive text and multi-media messages, and access GPRS data services. Possibly, because you do not have a THREE signal at the places where this is happening..

It doesn't matter what model 3 handset it is... because ...

At the moment, THREE has an agreement with the other networks that if THREE coverage is not available, the phone user can make/recieve calls through there networks.

{your probably in a place with no THREE mast nearby...}

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