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Orange and T-Mobile look set to be given the official green light to go ahead with their proposed merger.
Under the terms of the planned deal, Orange, which is owned by France Telecom, and T-Mobile, which has Deutsche Telekom as its parent company, are to come together to create the UK's largest mobile telecoms operator.
And, while some opponents of the proposals have argued that such a merger could stifle competition within the UK telecoms industry, it is believed that both the Office of Fair Trading and the sector watchdog Ofgem have recommended that the European Commission give the plans its official approval.
However, it is not yet been confirmed what, if any, concessions the EC will call for, with both Orange and T-Mobile having previously offered to give up some of their networking industry presence, including 25 per cent of their UK bandwidth holdings in order to be allowed to merge, though it is expected that the two brands will both be retained.
Just last week, Google was given the green light by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to begin trading power from its data centres.
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Last Updated: 22/02/2010 17:40
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