Deutsche Telekom rumored to fight off Orange, Vodafone bids for UK unit

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 1st 2009 at 1:37PM

Word on the street has been that Deutsche Telekom is being given the full-court press to do something with its unprofitable British operations, and the obvious choice would be to sell it off to one of its competitors -- Vodafone, Orange, O2, or 3. Apparently, though, Orange went ahead and made an offer just in the past few months, only to be turned down -- a sign that the French company either lowballed or that DT has very different plans on its mind. Rumors are circulating now that a restructuring will be announced as soon as this week that could give T-Mobile UK some time to turn its red ink around, but if that falls through, it's said that Voda might be interested in swapping its Turkish division for it -- so hang tough, DT, you've got options on the table.

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CT @ Jun 1st 2009 3:47PM

I heard if Orange buys Deutsche Telekom they are going to make them change their name Magenta.

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john @ Jul 7th 2009 7:06AM

I just read another post, where the writer opinionated that Vodafone is about to become the UK market leader. So shall we guess Vodafone will bid for it ?

The article is here -

http://www.mamunahmed.com/07/vodafone-roaming-offer-strategy-becoming-market-leader/