T Mobile could be at risk

There seems to be a bit of a rumour mill running on the future of the mobile broadband and voice service provider T Mobile.

It has been reported through certain parts of the media that the CEO of Deutsche Telekom, Timothrus Hoettges, said at a recent meeting that T Mobile UK would have to merge with another provider or risk going out of business.

However, what the CEO actually said is slightly different.

He mentioned that consolidation would be a good way of removing the excess from the market.

If T Mobile were to go out of business it could affect mobile broadband users on other networks too, as T Mobile provides services to other providers.

However, if T Mobile were to go up for sale then there could be plenty of takers, such as 3, Vodafone, Carphone Warehouse or even BSkyB.