T-Mobile UK
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T-Mobile UK was a mobile network operator in the UK. First launched as Mercury One2One (stylised one2one) on 7 September 1993,[1] the network was originally operated by Mercury Communications. one2one was purchased by Deutsche Telekom in 1999, who rebranded it with their global T-Mobile brand name in 2002.[2]
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Company type | Brand |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 7 September 1993; 30 years ago (1993-09-07) (as Mercury One2One) |
Defunct | 11 May 2010; 13 years ago (2010-05-11) (as a company) February 2015; 9 years ago (2015-02) (as a brand) |
Fate | Merged with Orange UK |
Successor | EE |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Products | Mobile telecommunications products and services |
Website | www |
In 1999, one2one became the world's first network to provide wireless network infrastructure to a mobile virtual network operator when Virgin Mobile was launched as a joint venture between one2one and Virgin Group.[3]
In 2010, it merged with Orange UK to form a joint venture, Everything Everywhere, which continued to operate the T-Mobile and Orange brands until March 2015 and allowed T-Mobile customers to utilise Orange's 2G signal and vice versa.
In 2012, Everything Everywhere launched their new network branding as EE. T-Mobile sims remain fully supported by EE, who are ultimately owned by BT since they acquired the company in January 2016 for £12.5 billion.[4][5][6]