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In the UK, T-Mobile and Orange To Merge

Posted by kdawson on from the what-is-this-competition-of-which-you-speak dept.

EthanV2 sends in BBC coverage of the merger plans of Orange and T-Mobile in the UK. "T-Mobile and Orange plan to merge their UK businesses, creating a mobile phone giant with 28.4 million customers. If completed, a deal between Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile and Orange owner France Telecom would see a firm with sales of €9.4 B (£7.0 B, $13.4 B). It would be the UK's largest provider, overtaking Telefonica's O2, with about 37% of the mobile market. ... However, it is likely that competition authorities in the UK and EU will probe the deal."

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  1. In the UK... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the UK, people annoyed by retardedly phrased Slashdot headlines.

    1. Re:In the UK... by ledow · · Score: 3, Funny

      In the UK, at least one person annoyed by the non-word "retardedly".

  2. Truly wonderful news by Kupfernigk · · Score: 3, Funny

    This merger makes me very happy indeed. One of my kids is a lawyer specialising in telecoms competition issues. Recession? What recession?

    --
    From scarped cliff or quarried stone she cries "A thousand types are gone, I care for nothing, no not one."
    1. Re:Truly wonderful news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I hope your kid catches the swine flu.

  3. German Tmobile and "France" Tcom? by Culture20 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did they already extend into Poland?

  4. Re:Mergers by teslar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is there ever any news of mergers that hit Slashdot that aren't probed by the EU?

    Does the Enterprise ever go on patrol along the neutral zone and nothing happens?