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The European Commission said today it plans to fund research into LTE Advanced technology, a future enhancement of the forthcoming LTE network standard.

Orange UK has launched a new tool called Social Life, which aggregates Facebook, MySpace and Bebo on a single homescreen, allowing users to interact with all three social networks.

Orange has bought digital sales company Unanimis in a deal thought to be worth £15 million to boost its online ad sales capability, reports The Guardian.

The Financial Times has reignited speculation that Deutsche Telekom could be close to offloading its struggling UK mobile arm, T-Mobile UK, to a rival UK mobile operator.

Analysts have valued T-Mobile UK at EUR4.2 billion - slightly above earlier forecasts - and said the business would be value-accretive if it were bought by a UK rival, reports Reuters.

Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile and France Telecom's Orange have agreed to merge their UK operations in a 50/50 joint venture that will create a new UK market leader.

Mobile kit vendor Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) could lose out on revenue if the planned UK merger between T-Mobile and Orange goes ahead, say analysts