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T-Mobile and Orange sign merger contract

It was announced back in the beginning of September that T-Mobile and Orange will joining forces to gain more of the market share. And on Friday, a step was taken forward in this quest, as both companies have signed the contract agreement. The original date for the contracts to be signed was set to be end of October, this was then moved to mid November. As the contracts were signed on time, this is the first positive move that ‘T-Orange’ have made so far.

Once the merge takes place, the company will own 37% of the UK market, this is assuming that current customers will want to wait around to see how the new company will cope when in action (and thats if the deal doesn’t get ditched at the last minute).

All mergers need to be investigated, but with the UK being a very competitive market, it is unlikely that there will be any problems. If this is the case, then expect to see the launch of ‘T-Orange’ by mid 2010.