Vodafone and France Telecom's Orange are planning to merge their UK mobile phone networks in a deal designed to cut costs and bring new 3G services to a greater proportion of their combined 32 mln UK customers, the Guardian reported.
The deal, which could be announced within days, is understood to be focused on the two companies' 3G networks, but in future could extend to sharing of their older networks where coverage in remote areas is patchy, the newspaper added without naming sources.
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