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Originally Posted by Kushan
It'd be a pretty big change, Three would go from being what, 4th to being the biggest in the market if they bought EE? If BT buy O2, as you say that's not a massive change really as BT aren't really in the market. Still, it would flip it on its head a bit.
Whatever happens, I just hope Three keeps their AYCE packages.
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Three's AYCE packages already died when they removed the unconditional AYCE part of it so now it's all-you-can-eat-but-only-of-what-we-tell-you-you-can-eat.
Regardless, it's more likely EE would absorb 3's network, not the other way round, with 3 becoming the economy sub-brand of EE or being abandoned completely - no way is EE going to become '3'. Lest we forget we're talking about 3's owner, Hutchison Whampoa taking over EE, not 3. 3 would still be the smallest network, if not disappearing completely, it would not become the largest.
Hutchison Whampoa would go on to be the biggest operator-interest in the UK but this is not their first time, they used to own Orange. Interesting side-fact, Hutchison funny enough also make most of the masts used by O2 and Vodafone. It would be almost fitting, BT going to re-acquire a network they used to own (O2/Cellnet) and Hutchison also buying up a network they used to own (EE/Orange)