BT £12.5bn EE Takeover Cleared By Regulator

[LiE]

I wonder what this will mean for EE. Will they leave it alone or will we see a rename (cellnet) and a shift to more offshore customer services which is one of BTs biggest negatives.

http://news.sky.com/story/1623201/bt-12-5bn-ee-takeover-cleared-by-regulator

 

[Orcvader]

This story is only available in Apple News

Ok...

For those who do not have Apple news: http://news.sky.com/story/1623201/bt-12-5bn-ee-takeover-cleared-by-regulator

 

[LiE]

Weird wasn't aware of that, thanks for the proper link.

 

[Cosimo]

The final report on the merger can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/bt-ee-merger-inquiry

 

[Matteysan]

Could it possibly mean they'll go the unlimited data route like Three have been doing? One could hope so.

But being BT anything could happen.

 

[millsy888]

Could it possibly mean they'll go the unlimited data route like Three have been doing? One could hope so.

But being BT anything could happen.

Be interesting to see what happens. I know BT mobile bundle their wifi with there sim only plans. That could be a factor in unlimited data out and about.

 

[Matteysan]

Be interesting to see what happens. I know BT mobile bundle their wife with there sim only plans. That could be a factor in unlimited data out and about.

Very true!

I am currently on Three & use Sky WiFi if there is one about & I don't have good signal.

EE & BT's coverage would trump that though if they were to offer it at a competitive price. In my work place EE seems to be better, But once outside of the building it is on par.

 

[tom_e]

Be interesting to see what happens. I know BT mobile bundle their wife with there sim only plans. That could be a factor in unlimited data out and about.

SIM only and a wife, sign me up.

 

[millsy888]

SIM only and a wife, sign me up.

Damn it!

 

[sanaxe1]

I wonder what this will mean for virgin Mobile which uses EE?

 

[kona786]

I wonder what happens to the EE F+F discount.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Well goodbye EE, your years of innovation will now go down the loo because of BT's cost savings at all parts of your company. Prepare for awful customer service and a slow, bloated network.

 

[thebennyboy]

Well goodbye EE, your years of innovation will now go down the loo because of BT's cost savings at all parts of your company. Prepare for awful customer service and a slow, bloated network.

All of a sudden Three, O2 and Voda seem pretty good!

 

[theMilitant]

... Prepare for awful customer service...

Hopefully this won't end up being the case, but my experiences with BT's customer service have been atrocious. Genuinely hope they get their act together if they're to become the biggest mobile phone operator in the country.

 

[RJC]

All of a sudden Three, O2 and Voda seem pretty good!

Three are looking to buy O2 at some point this year.

I am currently on 3 at the moment.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Three are looking to buy O2 at some point this year.

I am currently on 3 at the moment.

*Three's parent company are looking to buy O2 UK.

 

[thebennyboy]

Well goodbye EE, your years of innovation will now go down the loo because of BT's cost savings at all parts of your company. Prepare for awful customer service and a slow, bloated network.

I thought EE's customer service was already not that great?

Three are looking to buy O2 at some point this year.

I am currently on 3 at the moment.

So am i, quite happy with the quality of the network at the moment. 4G rollout seems to be speeding up a bit now, i now get 4G at work where it used to be 2G fallback.

 

[muon]

EE customer service is far worse than o2 and vodafone in my experience.

Go to the mobile networks section below

http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/news/customer-service-satisfaction-levels-2014/

EE 31% disatisfaction
Three 30% dissatisfaction
Vodafone 29% dissatisfaction
O2 22% dissatisfaction

 

[b0rn2sk8]

The three and 02 thing, doubt that will happen. That will only leave three providers overall.

I think the first thing we will see is a bigger retail presence of BT in EE stores.

 

[Em3bbs]

The three and 02 thing, doubt that will happen. That will only leave three providers overall.

It already happened in Germany and Ireland, they now only have three mobile networks instead of four (and actually in Ireland O2 was swallowed up by Three).