"Apparently" it's been to a few of the regulatory bodies where either no comment has been made or it's been approved, there are a few still to go, OFT and such. To the customer I don't think you'll really see much of a difference, perhaps greater coverage in certain areas, if you're Vodafone you'll still be on them, if you're Orange you'll still be on them. The idea being, that there'll be faster roll-out and potentially less masts, Node Bs just now allow you to set two operating frequencies, so one for O and one for V, the handset still sees two differing networks, however transmitting from the one mast. So where ever V bang a 3G mast up there'll instantly be Orange coverage and vice-versa. The potential is, if it's allowed, a roaming agreement could arise allowing each other on to the others 3G network, potentially doubling the capacity of each others offering!
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