The hotly anticipated deal between UK mobile phone giants Orange and T-Mobile seems to have quickened pace after the EU ruled that the merger between the companies can go ahead.

The merger of the two companies would make the biggest mobile phone company in the UK eclipsing O2 and Vodaphone who currently share about one quarter each of the UK market. The deal between Orange and T-Mobile would give them a 33% share.

The Office of Fair Trading had been concerned about the merger and had asked the European Commission to investigate the matter. But, after further analysis and a clause that states that the companies should amend an existing agreement with ‘3’, the UKs smallest mobile provider, an agreement was reached.