France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom will share parts of their mobile networks in Poland, Austria, and Romania, which they say may trim 650 million euros in operating and investment costs by 2015, sources said.
Two sources briefed on the companies’ project, dubbed ‘Project Victory’ internally, also said it would include joint purchasing of network equipment and handsets. Sharing some parts of mobile networks in Poland, Austria, and Romania could trim a total 200 million euro of operating costs and 450 million euro of capital expenditure through 2015, the sources said.