France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom the parent companies of Orange and T-Mobile, are growing more and more confident that this week should see the approval of their proposed merger. The merger would see the two companies grab a mobile phone market share of around 38%, placing the merged company ahead of the other 3 prominent mobile operators in the country. Initially it seemed as though the move would not gain regulatory approval, however, due to certain concessions made by the companies, approval now seems almost guaranteed.