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In a surprise move Orange UK (France Telecom), which is currently in the process of merging with its former rival T-Mobile UK, has effectively handed control of its fixed line broadband ISP network to BT Group. Orange hopes the move will vastly improve its woeful broadband service quality for both new and existing customers, thus ceasing the exodus of users from its ADSL based packages.
The Times reports that BT will "take over" Orange's network and integrate it into its own, which we assume refers to the operators unbundled ( LLU ) network; Orange already uses BT infrastructure to reach areas that exist outside of its 65% UK population coverage LLU footprint......