This is showing my age but i was using Orange when they didn’t even have SMS enabled. It’s a shame to see two iconic brands disappear from the UK. I’m entirely sure if the british public like the EE brand. Orange had a very strong brand awareness in the UK mainly down to the Orange wednesday cinema promotion and T-mobile with their good use of social media and revolutionary tariffs (anyone remember the Full monty of the Flext plans?).
“All current T-Mobile and Orange customers (around 19 million) will remain on their current deals – but will not be able to upgrade when the contract expires. EE will stop issuing T-Mobile and Orange prepay SIM’s from today. SIM’s will be deactivated permanently if unsold after a year.”
Source: http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2015/02/02/orange-and-t-mobile-connections-to-be-scrapped/