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Published 07/03/2009 by Yorkshire Post


Strong signals of mobile phone bid war

A potential bidding war for mobile phone operator T-Mobile was in prospect yesterday after reports said O2 owner Telefonica was eyeing the business. The Spanish company's interest in T-Mobile would throw down the gauntlet to mobile phone giant Vodafone, which is also weighing up a possible...

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