T-Mobile and Orange UK Merger Complete

• Rob Jackson
• 15 years ago

Awhile back, T-Mobile UK and Orange UK announced they were merging. Of course they needed permission from the proper governmental authorities and all that jazz. Mission accomplished – the merger is now complete.

According to Cellular-News, the merger will account for cost savings of $730 million dollars/year from 2014 forward, but between 2010 and 2014 the carriers will need to spend $1.2 billion dollars  in integration costs to realize the savings down the road. But those integration costs are offset by Capital Expenditure Savings of $1 billion between now 2014 and then $100 million a year thereafter.

Long story short, this gives both T-Mobile UK and Orange UK a much better position financially, which they can leverage to provide better products, at better prices, with better penetration, through better advertising/promotion. You know how the cycle goes.

For more details on the merger including naming of executives, read the article at Cellular-News.