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Old 15-12-2014, 23:02   #11
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Re: BT to buy EE - impact on VMobile?

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
Most of the market didn't see this coming but the confirmation of BT's EE MVNO service moving to the next stage a couple days ago hinted at it.

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That RAN is backhauled by VM though, and BT won't like that. They're still bitter about the loss of those contracts to VM in the first place, but once they own the mobile network that chose VM over them... Hmm.
I doubt there is anything BT can do though, is there?? Unless there's some break clause in the contract which says that if EE comes under different ownership then all contracts can be renegotiated, but I doubt it. I wonder how BT and VM will get on....?

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
I wonder if the regulators will make them give up a portion of the 2.6Ghz spectrum, now that the combined company will own two-thirds of the total 2.6Ghz band
Not sure, but could the freeing up of Freeview spectrum to mobile services alter things?
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