"Harry" <Harrysnot@home.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 12:32 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
> agree2pay4uce@spam.vlaad.co.uk (Paul Cummins) wrote:
>
>>In article <3ruls2p3edpusqtd7mq8nvf7nkn73l14nn@4ax.com>,
>>Harrysnot@home.com (Harry) wrote:
>>
>>> O2 and 3 next?
>>
>>I doubt it, since 3 doesn't roam on O2 now, it roams on Orange.
>>
>>O2 and T-Mobile maybe?
>
> Some calls still roam on O2, and if the Vodafone/Orange network
> merger
> is allowed to go ahead it would mean 3 out of the 5 UK mobile
> networks
> sharing infrastructure.
>
> Would that be good for competition?
>
I don't see how it could significantly affect competition.
All it is really doing is giving Orange and Vodafone better 3G
coverage in areas where only one or other currently has 3G available.
You could argue it gives those two networks an advantage in coverage,
but I don't see how it will significantly affect what the customers
have to pay and, as such, make no difference to the vast majority of
consumers (whether enterprise, business or personal).
I don't see 3 users benefitting from this merger, however, as I assume
the roaming agreement they have with Orange is to provide 2G access
where 3 has no signal of their own.
Vodafone & Orange UK to Share 3G Radio Networks 
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