The Office of Fair Trading asks the European Commission for a say in the planned merger of Orange and T-Mobile because it fears the deal could hurt competition... more
T-Mobile needs to merge with Orange in the UK or the two groups will struggle to compete with the biggest operators, the boss of the German firm’s British arm says... more
The second in command at France Telecom quit today after weeks of escalating criticism over management’s handling of a spate of suicides among its workers ... more
You just know that when it comes to it, T-Orange will not be pronounced the way the French and German owners would like but in the way a Yorkshireman refers to the citrus fruit in his sandwich box ... more
Britain’s mobile industry is facing its biggest shake-up since the first call was made in 1985 as T-Mobile and Orange agreed to the £7 billion merger of their operations in this country
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The biggest shake-up in the UK's mobile phone industry for more than a decade is under way with Vodafone looking to buy its German-owned rival T-Mobile... more
Speculation that Britain's T-Mobile may soon go up for sale was heightened today as its owner Deutsche Telekom cut its valuation on the business by €1.8 billion (£1.6billion)... more
Vodafone and Telefonica have agreed to share network infrastructure in four European countries to meet a surge in demand for mobile broadband while saving hundreds of millions of pounds in costs... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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