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[Announcement] Combination of Three UK and Vodafone UK
Unless radio spectrum is made available for a new 4th network to enter the market, I hope CMA blocks this merger.
This deal will create another EE... and with EE quality also comes EE prices. The problem is that we already have one EE, but after the merger we wouldn't have a replacement for Three. O2, without a cheap competitor and already struggling with so many users, certainly won't drop their prices.
This also affects virtual networks as they depend on the prices charged by the main networks, so I expect their plans to be more like EE MVNO's (1pmobile, plusnet) than like Three MVNOs (Smarty, id mobile, etc). We'll all get less or pay more for the same service.
The equal number of members of the board doesn't mean much. At the end of the day, Vodafone owns 51% of the company and will want to do things their way... a way that put them in their current situation not only in the UK, but also everywhere else in Europe. If only CKH/Three was in charge...
Oh, and redundant positions will be eliminated, so eventually some people will lose their jobs.
Obviously, I cant say for certain, and this network isnt responding to questions on the subject, but anyway :
There is an American MVNO called "US Mobile", a few months ago, they became the main sponsor of Barnsley Football Club, the League One EFL club, with a massive logo front and centre on the player's shirts.
Unless they do actually plan to launch here in the UK, I cant see why a New York headquarted American MVNO would sponsor a Yorkshire based English football club, even more so when sponsorship opportunites in the various sports leagues in the USA would be more numerous.
Yes but remember when the Americans thought they had bought Tower Bridge?
They probably thought Barnsley was a small town somewhere in TexasThey knew they were buying a team in the English Championship and the management team at US Mobile have attended several matches, so I doubt they thought they were buying a team in Texas
I can, it's called 'an additional market', American companies have already started building hotels in Scotland, I kid you not is simply about a making more money, around the world, why does Trump have a golf course in a quiet area of the place, because it's about getting your name out there, and making more money...simply!
