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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?

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