MSE News: Orange and T-Mobile to merge

chris_spackman

Those T-Mobile customers are going to have a shock when they call customer services once the merger takes place. Its shocking. Couldn't wait to get shot of Orange and that price change was a fiasco.


I heard one person saying that Orange will get the better phones too but as said before Orange will load it with utter !!!!

The only reason to have an Orange sim is Orange Weds.

chris_spackman

Fork86 wrote: »

So wait, you guys would rather Three merged with T-mobile and not Orange? That's crazy, Three are most definitely the worst mobile company I have ever experienced.

I must say, while Orange customer service wasn't amazing during my first year with them, it wasn't too bad. Since becoming a premier customer (which you become once your spend with them is over 45/50 quid), they have provided me with the best service possible.

All I have to do is ring 150, option 1, option 3, and two rings later, I am speaking with someone that can deal with 99% of my queries, and I won't be passed from pillar to post.

You work for Orange?

wizk1

3 are a lot better than they used to be incidentally.

chris_spackman

bargains83 wrote: »

Competition commisson should have something to say about this, T-Mobile UK already have a Network sharing agreement in place with 3 UK.They are already sharing masts and some infrastructure with them. 3 UK also already use Orange for 2G calls. A full merger with Orange would effectively make 3 UK a Virtual Operator like Virgin Mobile except that it will actually own some of the masts.

It would have been FAR more sensible for 3UK and T-Mobile to merge. It was said on the news that yesterdays announcement would be like Morrisons and Sainsburys merging or something similar.

The Mobile Networks today are still growing in terms of revenue, they have weened more people from Pay as You Go onto a contract offering than they ever have in the past with the competitive tarrifs. I don't see any reason there needs to be a merger. If T-Mobile UK isn't profitable they should change their business model to become more competitive instead of spending money on adverts where thousands of people sing down their phones!.

Years ago Vodafone managed to aquire Orange when they took over Mannesmann and were forced to get rid of it if they wanted the purchase of Mannesmann to go ahead. I see no reason why a T-Mobile/Orange tie up should be allowed to go ahead on that scale either!.

If they want to do something right, bring back One 2 One!.

One2One was a great network. Got my first contract with them.

Fork86

chris_spackman wrote: »

You work for Orange?

Erm no actually, if you read any of my other posts, you can see I have been advocating some really good vodafone deals lately.

As for Three, I just transferred one of my numbers over to Vodafone this morning. I couldn't take their s**t any more, and was lucky to find such a good deal.

I am actually a recently qualified dentist.

wizk1

Fork86 wrote: »

I am actually a recently qualified dentist.

Do you really need to be a money saving expert then?:rotfl:

Fork86

wizk1 wrote: »

Do you really need to be a money saving expert then?:rotfl:

Haha, well, seeing as though I am in £34,000 of debt (albeit student debit), I have plenty of financial commitments and am not actually making that much money at the moment.

cw18

chris_spackman wrote: »

One2One was a great network. Got my first contract with them.

They were FAB :T

Have to say, it's nice to see other people on here saying the same thing. I've never met anyone else who ever used them, and most people look at me totally blank when I mention them -- even people my own age (early/mid 40's) don't seem to have ever heard of them, and I was pretty late in getting a mobile compared to most of them

RICK..._2

I remember switching to One2One, got my brick-size Nokia 3210 - It was the dogs gonads back then though :T

meinnit

Got my first PAYG SIM with one2one when text messaging wasn't even available and calls cost 50p/min!