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Orange UK and T-Mobile UK to offer free roaming on either network
May 11, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
Carriers
The British divisions of Orange and T-Mobile have officially merged into one joint venture that will be known as Everything Everywhere. Though both Orange and T-Mobile will retain their brands and shops, the two parties will operate as one team to create the largest phone company in the United Kingdom.
The highlight of Everything Everywhere’s announcement is that customers of either brand will be able to roam on the other’s network at no charge. That means you could buy an Orange phone and switch to T-Mobile’s network when coverage is weak in a particular area. There’s no exact date on when users will gain free roaming access as Everything Everywhere would say only that the feature is “due later this year, at no additional cost to the customer.”
Everything/where also plans to reduce stations and merge their networks as a way to reduce redundancies and operating costs. It will be the first of many tests for the new venture.
The mobile phone market in the UK will obviously become more interesting now that its third and fourth largest networks joined forces to make the largest company in terms of subscribers.
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Excellent news. I just took out an HTC Desire on t-mobile, and the 3G signal is poor, but Orange has the best 3G in the UK, so it's win-win for me.
I long for a day when the HTC Hero (G2) gets an update to Anfroid 2.1
It's only in the UK though. it doesn't affect data roaming across. What do you think about MifiClub's solution for making it easier and more affordable to use internet devices abroad? It's like a netflix model for mifi by country. http://mificlub.com
Will i be able to get an i phone on t mobile now that the 2 companies have merged. alan,
Alan you can already get an Iphone on t-mobile, but only on a specific Iphone tarrif. I am looking forward to being able to using oranges network which has far better building penetration than t-mobiles (I can barely use my phone in my living room, but it’s fine in the room above, but my wife’s orange reception is far more consistent).
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