Merge T-Mobile and Orange

In the month of November can happen rearrangement of forces in the British telecommunications market. Company France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom reached an agreement to merge their offices in the United Kingdom. In the late fall, will bridge the T-Mobile UK and Orange. The result is a new company with a turnover of about 9,4 billion euros and controls 37% of the local market. To date, the largest UK operator O2 has been belonging to the United Telefonica, and possessing 27%.

The full merger is not reached immediately. In the 18 months since the signing of the contract the company will remain independent operators. This period is necessary for the restructuring, valued at between $ 600 to 800 million pounds. In this case the expected income should reach 3.5 billion pounds. Meanwhile, the European market there an unprecedented situation where a single operator will control more than one third of the market, along with two other operators (O2 and Vodafone), its share will reach more than 90%