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Telefónica tests line for T-Mobile UK bid

By Andrew Parker, Telecommunications Editor

Published: July 1 2009 23:30 | Last updated: July 2 2009 09:46

The prospect of a bidding war for T-Mobile UK was looming on Wednesday night after it emerged that Telefónica is looking at the case for buying Britain’s fourth largest mobile phone operator.

Spain’s leading telecoms company has been spurred into action partly by the possibility that O2, its UK mobile business, could lose its top position in the British market if Vodafone purchases T-Mobile UK.

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