Five years ago this week… T-Mobile successfully bought Tele2 in the Netherlands, after a year-long investigation from the European Commission, the 3rd and 4th largest MNOs in the country. The EC’s reluctance regarding the union stemmed more from reflex against going below four operators, as the merged companies reached a combined 25% share of the mobile market, without much of a fixed line network. T-Mobile Netherlands rebranded as Odido recently in September 2023, with a focus on customer service and new subscription services, followed up with a new Android TV decoder hot off the press this week. Smart TVs have usurped set tops for the first time in the US market, with 32% of viewers defaulting to a smart TV OS for viewing, while set…