Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks.

The deal is one of the first practical benefits from the recent merger of the two firms, which have 30 million customers combined.

The network sharing deal is limited to 2G signals, meaning that customers will see little benefit when using the mobile web.

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Orange, T-Mobile to let customers roam across networks
Orange and T-Mobile have set a launch date for a service that will let their respective customers roam onto the other network for voice and text.

From 5 October, customers can sign up to be able switch to the other network if they lose 2G connectivity on their home service, parent company Everything Everywhere said in a statement on Monday. In May, Orange and T-Mobile merged in the UK to become Everything Everywhere, and the two entities are in the process of merging operations.
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