FRANKFURT, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom has put the sale of T-Mobile Netherlands on ice after the termsit was offered by bidders fell short of its expectations, TheFinancial Times reported, citing two people with knowledge ofthe deal.
The paper said on Friday that one of the people saidnegotiations could resume, given Telekom's desire to exitmarkets where it cannot add extra services like fixed linebroadband and television.
Deutsche Telekom declined to comment on the report.
People familiar with the transaction told Reuters last weekthat Telekom had narrowed the bidders for the Dutch mobilebusiness to U.S. private equity firms Warburg Pincus andApollo.
Both were expected to submit final bids that could value theunit at more than 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion).
($1 = 0.9004 euros) (Reporting by Maria Sheahan and Harro ten Wolde)