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		<title>BT agrees to $19B takeover of EE, paving way for close DT relationship</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/05/bt-agrees-19b-ee-takeover-paving-way-for-close-dt-relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 08:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The negotiations are over: pending regulatory approval, BT will get back into the U.K.'s mobile scene in a big way by buying EE from Deutsche Telekom and Orange for £12.5 billion&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Hutchison Whampoa hopes to buy O2 UK for $15 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pairing-off of major U.K. telecommunications players continues: On Friday, Three's Hong Kong owner, Hutchison Whampoa, said it was now in exclusive takeover discussions with Telefónica's O2. The merry dance began&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>EE’s LTE connections nearly quadrupled in 2014</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks as if 2014 was the year that 4G found its stride in the U.K. Everything Everywhere, the first carrier to offer LTE in the U.K., grew its 4G customer&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>UK carriers agree to boost coverage, avoiding national roaming</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/18/uk-carriers-agree-to-boost-coverage-avoiding-national-roaming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British government has gotten the country's four big mobile operators to agree to boost their coverage, to tackle so-called not-spots in rural areas. EE, O2, Three and Vodafone said Thursday&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Three UK owner also considering EE or O2 buy, report claims</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/28/three-uk-owner-also-considering-ee-or-o2-buy-report-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2014 14:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The one-time U.K. monopoly carrier BT may be sniffing around O2 and EE as it considers how best to get back into the mobile carrier game, but it seems it's not&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>BT could buy O2 or EE to get back into the mobile carrier game</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/24/bt-could-buy-o2-or-ee-to-get-back-into-the-mobile-carrier-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company said on Monday that it was in preliminary acquisition talks with two carriers, one of which it confirmed as being O2. The other is reportedly EE.]]></description>
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		<title>Telefónica to phase out 1,600 German jobs in wake of E-Plus takeover</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/17/telefonica-to-phase-out-1600-german-jobs-in-wake-of-e-plus-takeover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telefónica will cut 1,600 jobs in Germany following the merger of O2 Deutschland with E-Plus, to get rid of duplicate roles. The jobs will be phased out by 2018, the firm&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Most UK carriers give cops automated access to customer call records</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/13/most-uk-carriers-give-cops-automated-access-to-customer-call-records/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As revealed in a Guardian investigation, carriers EE, Vodafone and Three are going beyond the terms of the U.K.'s data retention laws to make it even easier for the authorities to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>UK carriers reject government-proposed national roaming scheme, report claims</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/09/08/uk-carriers-reject-government-proposed-national-roaming-proposal-report-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[British mobile operators have, according to a Sunday article in the Financial Times, rejected a proposal by the government to have them share their networks. The plan was formulated as a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Developers use Android Wear to build a Chromecast smart watch remote</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janko Roettgers]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is pretty cool: Some developers from the Telefonica-owned European mobile carrier O2 have been toying with the idea to use an Android smart watches as a Chromecast remote. The O2&#8230;]]></description>
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