Learnings From Vodafone/Three

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the Vodafone/Three merger subject to behavioural remedies.

The transaction will bring together two of the four largest UK mobile network operators and potentially transform the UK telecoms landscape. The CMA’s approval decision comes against the backdrop of widespread scepticism of consolidation in the mobile telecommunications sector across Europe.  It also departs from the CMA’s previous policy of seeking structural remedies to address competition issues and blocking problematic deals where no structural remedy could be found.

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