Canada-based IE Market Research says the UK mobile phone market will see Everything Everywhere's market share increasing to 38.5% by the end of 2012 - despite the Orange and T-Mobile partnership recently announcing a drop in customer numbers.

The IEMR forecast also predicts market share declines at O2 and Vodafone, falling to 27.3% and 19.7% respectively by the end of 2012. By 2015, IEMR anticipates the UK having 99 million mobile connections with around 40% on Everything Everywhere.

Everything Everywhere – the joint venture between T-Mobile and Orange in the UK – has announced annual financial results for the nine months to 31st December 2010. These are the organisation’s first annual figures.

It achieved almost £5.3 billion in turnover for the 9 months since the venture was created. Adjusted EBITDA (before restructuring costs, brand and management fees) was £1.02 billion for the 9 months ended 31st December.

T-Mobile and Orange are working together in the UK through Everything Everywhere… and now the parent companies are looking to cooperate elsewhere.

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom-Orange have arranged talks to discuss the possibility of working together in the following areas:

Everything Everywhere, the company responsible for the Orange and T-Mobile brands in the UK, plans to open five of its own-brand stores as a trial.

The new shops will sell Orange and T-Mobile products, services and accessories.

Everything Everywhere is launching a contactless mobile payment service later this year. It'll use the Orange brand and will operate in partnership with Barclaycard.

The two companies already offer a contactless NFC credit card.