Comments on: Desperately Seeking Scale, Orange & T-Mobile Merge in UK

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Like AT&T, O2 Pays the Price for Heavy iPhone Usage — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:38:04 +0000

[...] it could retain its crown as the top carrier in the region — until Orange and T-Mobile consummate their merger, [...]

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T-Mobile Parent Co.: We Don’t Want to Buy Sprint — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:20:18 +0000

[...] to the challenger position, T-Mobile is attempting to buy UK carrier Orange in a deal that’s facing regulatory scrutiny abroad. It would leave the UK — a much [...]

By: Vodafone Embarks on Branding Facelift

Vodafone Embarks on Branding Facelift — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:48:31 +0000

[...] Vodafone claims 315 million customers in 31 markets, but its image has accumulated dust as smaller, more nimble operators targeted young users with sexy handsets and services. The operator lost 18 percent of its “better value contract” customers in the last year alone, according to a piece in the Times Online, and is in danger of becoming only the third-largest carrier in the UK — its home market — once Orange and T-Mobile UK exchange vows. [...]

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Comcast Should Buy Sprint — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:37:09 +0000

[...] a week after Deutsche Telekom announced plans to merge T-Mobile UK with Orange, the company reportedly called in banking advisers to study a potential takeover of the American [...]

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NetworkIP Blog » Blog Archive — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:35:10 +0000

[...] Sprint Nextel’s recent buyout of Virgin Mobile and just this past week watching the merger in the UK between Orange and T-Mobile take place, it is no wonder that analysts are talking about MetroPCS and Cricket. Kim makes a great [...]

By: donnacha

donnacha — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:52:45 +0000

Orange are a terrible, terrible company, their salesmen are the most predatory in the industry.

Here in Edinburgh, I have come across several situations in which recent immigrants without much English were talked into signing up to ridiculously expensive contracts, at far worse terms than regular tariffs.

In the UK, Orange and 3 are the mobile companies to avoid.

By: joaquinadley

joaquinadley — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:06:24 +0000

Orange has a new deal and going to merge with T-Mobile UK to form a combined company.This organizations interesting fact is that they are foreshadowing more consolidation and moving the ultra-competitive wireless market from 2G to 3G forcing operators to invest heavily and to upgrade their networks in order to compete them.
Will the merger help overcome the regulatory hurdles?