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Exclusive: France’s Iliad sets mid-Oct deadline for T-Mobile US bid – sources

Exclusive: France’s Iliad sets mid-Oct deadline for T-Mobile US bid – sources

September 19, 2014

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By Sophie Sassard and Arno Schuetze LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – French low-cost telecom operator Iliad has set a mid-October deadline to decide whether to improve its bid for T-Mobile US or walk away as it faces resistance from seller Deutsche Telekom, several people familiar with the situation said. Deutsche Telekom, which owns 66 percent of the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, has doubts that Iliad will be able to improve the U.S. business since the French startup has no track record in the country, a source close to the German companys management said. …