In the UK, T-Mobile and Orange To Merge 74
EthanV2 sends in BBC coverage of the merger plans of Orange and T-Mobile in the UK. "T-Mobile and Orange plan to merge their UK businesses, creating a mobile phone giant with 28.4 million customers. If completed, a deal between Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile and Orange owner France Telecom would see a firm with sales of €9.4 B (£7.0 B, $13.4 B). It would be the UK's largest provider, overtaking Telefonica's O2, with about 37% of the mobile market. ... However, it is likely that competition authorities in the UK and EU will probe the deal."
Mergers (Score:3, Insightful)
However, it is likely that competition authorities in the UK and EU will probe the deal.
Is there ever any news of mergers that hit Slashdot that aren't probed by the EU?
Re:Mergers (Score:4, Insightful)
Is there ever any news of mergers that hit Slashdot that aren't probed by the EU?
I don't recall the EU probing Slashdot's merger with Sourceforge ;)
Re:Mergers (Score:3, Insightful)
Yes. Nothing of interest happened when the Enterprise-E was there in First Contact.
Re:Not spam but... (Score:3, Insightful)
Since somebody is clearly removing all the posts that are actual spam, couldn't they remove ones like this while they're about it?
Like you say, it's not spam, but it *is* similar. People who respond to spam beget more spam, and people who respond to flamebait / troll posts beget more of those posts.
Basically, it's not worth your time to respond, as that is exactly what these folks are looking for.