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What is the future of T-Mobile UK?
From a recent report:
"Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile UK has signed a partnership with Viacloud, a telecoms operator based in Bahrain, as it seeks to expand its offerings that target different ethnic communities.
The UK operator, which plans to merge with France Telecom's Orange in Britain, has about 10 such partnerships with MVNOs."
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60H3AK20100118
So apparently the transaction hasn't occured yet, and T-Mobile UK is still owned by Deutsche Telekom
Background:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3bfea13e-36b1-11de-af40-00144feabdc0.html
Speculation is that it could be sold to France Telecom, owners of Orange, which might not be allowed due to competition rules, the same is true of the other mobile operators.
Or there could be a tie-up, merger with or sale to Hutchinson who run '3' and doesn't have a 2G network
Or will they stick with it or just disappear entirely (other phone companies such as Virgin use T's network so this would be unlikely)
What will happen to T-Mobile UK by the end of the year?
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. Any sale/merger will need to be confirmed by the regulatory authorities before payout
(partial sales count, but only if they take a control of the company)
| Sale to France Telecom (Orange) |
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| Sale/tie-up with Hutchinson ('3') |
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| Sale to/merge with O2, Vodafone, Virgin, BT |
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| Sale to/merge with someone else |
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| It stays owned by Deutsche Telekom |
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| It closes down |
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- Activity: H$17,387 |
- Predictions: 50 |
Comments: 4
Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 2009 3:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 24th Jan 6:04am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 31st Dec 2009 3:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Sale to France Telecom (Orange): 10%, Sale/tie-up with Hutchinson ('3'): 25%, Sale to/merge with O2, Vodafone, Virgin, BT: 10%, Sale to/merge with someone else: 20%, It stays owned by Deutsche Telekom: 30%, It closes down: 5%
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vincentlaw13
: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8243226.stm 
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: From a recent report:
"Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile UK has signed a partnership with Viacloud, a telecoms operator based in Bahrain, as it seeks to expand its offerings that target different ethnic communities.
The UK operator, which plans to merge with France Telecom's Orange in Britain, has about 10 such partnerships with MVNOs."
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60H3AK20100118
So apparently the transaction hasn't occured yet, and T-Mobile UK is still owned by Deutsche Telekom
Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 2009 3:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 24th Jan 6:04am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 31st Dec 2009 3:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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Question conditions require this one to not be settled until approvals have been given, but it would seem proper to suspend it and settle on the basis of the time of the referenced news when it is time.
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