T-Mobile and Orange merger gets European OK

The European Commission has given its approval to the merger of T-Mobile and Orange's UK subsidiaries, which will create the largest mobile operator in the country. On Monday, the Commission said its approval for the deal was conditional on the amendment of T-Mobile's network-sharing deal with 3 "to ensure that there remain sufficient competitors in the market", and on T-Mobile and Orange giving up a quarter of their combined 60Hz of spectrum in the 1800MHz band.