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T-Mobile UK 'could attempt tie-up with Orange'

By Andrew Parker in London and Gerrit Wiesmann in,Frankfurt

Published: May 2 2009 03:00 | Last updated: May 2 2009 03:00

The UK competition authorities would be unlikely to veto a move by France Telecom to buy Deutsche Telekom's British mobile phone business, industry analysts said yesterday.

Management at Germany's leading telecommunications company is under pressure from shareholders to decide quickly whether to sell the underperforming T-Mobile UK business. Analysts said two scenarios were possible.

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