TELECOMS : T-MOBILE THREATENS TO DERAIL ORANGE-HUTCHISON MERGER.

T-Mobile Austria has appealed against the allocation of radio frequencies that will result from Hutchison Whampoa's takeover of Orange Austria in a move that could derail the 1.3 billion (US$1.7 billion) deal. A source told Reuters last month that the Deutsche Telekom unit planned the appeal over fears that rivals will have a headstart of up to a year in building next-generation networks.

T-Mobile Austria is playing spoilsport by contesting the allocation of high-speed radio frequencies in...