T-mobile and Orange brands to disappear

[pctech]

http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2012/08/21/ee-to-drop-t-mobile-and-orange-brands-after-4g-launch/

The future's dull?

[Simon]

Don't suppose it really matters what it's called, if the service is good, but EE is admittedly a bit naff. 

[Technical Ben]

Wow. Dropping the Orange brand would be a shot in the foot IMO. It seems strong, and while they were not perfect, I think most customers were happy. Who comes up with these ideas?

[Ardua]

If EE are going to use their existing 1800MHz spectrum for 4G does this mean that digital Freeview TV viewers will not be affected when this is rolled out?  There was talk about an interference resolution cost to 4G operators on the basis of 'polluter pays'.

[Niall]

Orange have a shocking customer support reputation. One of the worst out there in fact. This sort of thing is often in part to hide that, with a new name.

[peasblossom]

Bit of a long name too. Orange is nice and snappy. I have to say, I'd not heard that about their customer service. Most of the times I've had to talk to them it's been OK, but when I had a problem with their website, they weren't much help to be honest.

[Steve]

On the two times we've contacted Orange support for broken HTC's recently they've been excellent,replacement arrived the next day.

[Gary]

I remember when orange would courier you out one within 12 hours, long time ago that was. They were less than a year old I think.

[pctech]

Long time since this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o5DoNvtsY0

[Rik]

Takes me back...

[Technical Ben]

I do agree it's mixed results.

I could tell Orange was going down hill when their adverts said "Other companies have complicated tariffs, to make things simpler we have called ours Panther, Canary, Dolphin and Raccoon!"

Considering I was on O2s "100 mins, 300 txts" plan, I think the guy at Orange who said "Panther" was simpler should be shot out of a large cannon. 

[Steve]

I think Posh and Becks were involved with the naming of the tariffs

[.Griff.]

T-mobile and Orange brands to disappear

Everything Everywhere has confirmed it plans to launch a new brand later this year, while retaining the Orange and T-Mobile brands.

[nowster]

Long time since this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o5DoNvtsY0

Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach?

Note that Orange in those days was owned by Hutchison (remember the Rabbit phones?), who sold to France Telecom and then set up the network called Three.

[pctech]

Back then they were run by a guy called Hans Snook who was supposed to be quite good at running companies.

[nowster]

Back then they were run by a guy called Hans Snook who was supposed to be quite good at running companies.

The joke at the time was that they called the mobile network "Orange" because Rabbit had been a lemon.

[Glenn]

Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach?

Note that Orange in those days was owned by Hutchison (remember the Rabbit phones?), who sold to France Telecom and then set up the network called Three.

Three are owned by Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong based company. The day Three officially became a mobile phone company, on 3/3/3 at 15.03 in the afternoon, all the big wigs from the parent company were in Reading and Maidenhead  to oversee the 'celebrations'. I've still got my 3/3/3 mug, that all staff, contractors & vendors were given.

[JB]

Back then they were run by a guy called Hans Snook who was supposed to be quite good at running companies.

Hans Snook was the driving force behind Orange's success. The products/services he and his team came up with were nothing short of brilliant in those early days of mobile phones. I remember researching quite heavily into all of Snooks ideas and products. I was an Orange customer from the start and all the little extras made Orange stand out from the other networks.

When Snook left, Orange started the slow decline into becoming exactly what it is today - just another mobile phone company. With or without T-Mobile.

[pctech]

Yep I did think about joining once or twice but the coverage round here isn't great.

Rolling out Wildfire was a terrific idea, its a shame it was killed off and had it been on PAYG I'd have prob switched despite the coverage round home