4 June 2025, 14:23

By Andy Aitken

Let’s be honest: most people aren’t celebrating when they hear two big mobile networks have merged.

They’re likely thinking the same thing: ‘My signal already sucks, prices keep going up, and customer service is a nightmare. How is less competition going to fix that?’

It’s a fair question. But here’s the truth: this merger could be the best thing to happen to UK mobile in years.

Right now, mobile signal across the UK is abysmal. Dropped calls, patchy 5G and slow data, even in major cities. It’s not your phone — it’s an entire, broken system.

Vodafone and Three have been stuck playing catch-up. On their own, neither had the scale to properly compete with EE or Virgin Media O2. That left us with two dominant players and two laggards, without incentive for any to raise the bar.

This merger changes that. Suddenly, we’ve........

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