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Vodafone and Three plan to merge into the UK's largest mobile network (www.engadget.com)

submitted 2 years ago by _MoveSwiftly to c/[email protected]

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[–] sicjoke 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who was looking to ditch Three later this year, I don’t know if this a good thing or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Upside: Might lead to (marginal) coverage improvements for users of either network as the infrastructure is consolidated.

Downsides: Less competition/choice for consumers. Risk of job losses as some positions deemed surplus. Vodafone have a reputation for tax-avoidance.

A previous attempt to merge Three and O2 was blocked by regulators but they allowed the Orange/T-Mobile merger.