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T-Mobile/Orange Roaming.
Not sure if it's posted in the forums but from July 1st all T-Mobile customers will be able to roam onto the Orange network (and vice versa) for all services. This will happen automatically if your phone is set to 'automatic' network selection - it will basically just connect to the network with the stronger signal.
Here in Norfolk it just means i'll get a weak signal more of the time! |
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I think this has been mentioned before, but just 'later in the year'.
It's good to know the date. Does anyone know how this will work for MVNO providers such as Virgin Mobile and the 3 network who use Orange for 2G. Will Virgin users be able to use Orange? Will 3 users be able to use T-Mobile? |
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Got a link to where you got this information please?
I guess it's good news for some customers. I just hope they don't get rid of the Orange signal where i live as Orange always have a slightly stronger signal than T Mobile where i use the phone. |
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I was lead to believe this would be happening in Aug/Sept. So its good news if it happens sooner, tbh I can't bloody wait as the Orange network has been sheiser of late in the Manchester area.
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Got a link to where you got this information please?
I guess it's good news for some customers. I just hope they don't get rid of the Orange signal where i live as Orange always have a slightly stronger signal than T Mobile where i use the phone. Quote:
On July 1, the company will become part of Everything Everywhere, one company that runs two of Britain’s most famous brands - Orange and T-Mobile - with plans to transform the industry bygiving customers instant access to everything, everywhere, offering them the best value, best choice and best network coverage in the country. ...and there it is, direct from the horse's mouth, so to speak and there's more here http://newsroom.orange.co.uk/2010/05...ion-and-plans/.
For more information please call the Orange Press Office 0870 3731500, or visit www.orange.co.uk/newsroom |
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...and there it is, direct from the horse's mouth, so to speak and there's more here http://newsroom.orange.co.uk/2010/05...ion-and-plans/.
I was led to believe it would be autumn, so it would be good if it happened earlier. |
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Just as prking said.
There is nothing there to suggest they will start sharing there networks as of the 1st of July. The sooner the better though
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The MVNO question is quite interesting.
Naturally they'll want to rationalise the network over time, so if they start dropping cell sites because of overlap then MVNOs would obviously have problems. |
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Got a link to where you got this information please?
I guess it's good news for some customers. I just hope they don't get rid of the Orange signal where i live as Orange always have a slightly stronger signal than T Mobile where i use the phone. Having said that, and after reading the articles on the above links, i'm not holding my breath! I assure everyone that the information I was given was that July 1st is the day for roaming across networks. |
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T mobile retail shops were told a few weeks ago that July 1st would be the date network sharing would happen. Not sure if it will be all over the country though or phased in over a period.
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T mobile retail shops were told a few weeks ago that July 1st would be the date network sharing would happen. Not sure if it will be all over the country though or phased in over a period.
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From the Orange side: There is going to be a 2G national roaming agreement in place from "July". (Not 1st July I may add)
PAYG customers will be first to benefit. PAYM later in the month/August. 3G national roaming is currently not on the cards. I suppose because of the technical implications of the 3/T-Mobile RAN agreement?!?!? |
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So as an Orange customer will I see T-Mobile on my phone is I roam onto one of their masts? Or will it still say Orange on Orange phones and T-Mobile on T-mobile phones, much like 3 still says 3 even when roaming onto Orange?
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3G national roaming is currently not on the cards. I |
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That is gutting. Getting a 2G signal is not much problem on Orange - 3G and HSDPA are more important to get roaming enabled on.
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That is gutting. Getting a 2G signal is not much problem on Orange - 3G and HSDPA are more important to get roaming enabled on.
This isn't possible with a 2G site, so roaming is needed for 2G. As Orange have also signed a network share agreement with 3, there will be a (slow) roll-out of shared T-Mobile/Orange/3 sites. |
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As Orange have also signed a network share agreement with 3, there will be a (slow) roll-out of shared T-Mobile/Orange/3 sites.
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With a 3G site the same transmitter can appear on both networks. To T-Mobile customers it would appear as a T-Mobile site and to Orange as an Orange site.
This isn't possible with a 2G site, so roaming is needed for 2G. Quote:
Originally Posted by carguy143
Could this potentially lead to a slower, more congested data network like that which o2 users seem to complain about?
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Could this potentially lead to a slower, more congested data network like that which o2 users seem to complain about?
They aren't going to be able to keep two networks running in the long term. They'll have to cut sites where there's too much overlap, resulting in more customers using the same capacity. |
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the sooner this happenes - the better. Orange signal in my house is terrible - but T-mobile seems OK.
hopefully won't have to go outside to make a call for much longer
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Will that mean then that as im with Orange will i start to see T Mobile on my phone when i go into there network?
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Will that mean then that as im with Orange will i start to see T Mobile on my phone when i go into there network?
My guess is it will still say Orange on Orange phones and T-Mobile on T-Mobile phones. I used to be on 3 and when their phones roamed on to Orange they still said 3 on the screen. Only a guess though, I don't know for sure. |
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My guess is it will still say Orange on Orange phones and T-Mobile on T-Mobile phones. I used to be on 3 and when their phones roamed on to Orange they still said 3 on the screen. Only a guess though, I don't know for sure.
If you do a manual search I wonder if you can choose T Mobile if you will be able to select it ? |
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I agree with what you are saying, there are ways which we could know, if the signal all of a sudden goes up in your area where it has been poor in the past, that must mean you are on a t mobile mast, or look on the coverage maps on t mobiles site.
If you do a manual search I wonder if you can choose T Mobile if you will be able to select it ? |
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Just a shame its not on the 3g network as well, where I live there is a t mobile mast but its at such a low power, that it does nothing.
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