Analysis: Vodafone and Hutchison's UK mobile merger faces tough test yet

  • 📰 Reuters
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 41 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 20%
  • Publisher: 97%

España Noticias Noticias

España Últimas Noticias,España Titulares

It has taken months of tortuous negotiations for Vodafone and CK Hutchison to agree a deal to create Britain's biggest mobile operator, but from a regulatory standpoint the hard work is only just beginning

to agree a deal to create Britain's biggest mobile operator, but from a regulatory standpoint the hard work is only just beginning.will be scrutinised by Britain's Competition and Markets Authority, the antitrust regulator which made global headlines in April when it blocked Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard.

Aware of the hurdle ahead, Vodafone and Hong Kong-based Hutchison put the emphasis on an 11 billion-pound 5G plan they pledged to deliver over 10 years for Britain, rather than more profit for shareholders. Peter Broadhurst, a partner in the antitrust and competition group at Crowell & Moring, said the CMA had become more interventionist in the last three years. However, he thought it would look for remedies to approve the deal.

One of Britain's biggest unions, Unite, has already warned that a company so close to China should not have a leading role in telecoms infrastructure. But competition in Britain has been boosted by the mobile virtual network operator and wholesale market, which enables operators like Tesco Mobile and Sky to piggy back on existing networks, Gray said.

 

Gracias por tu comentario. Tu comentario será publicado después de ser revisado.
Hemos resumido esta noticia para que puedas leerla rápidamente. Si estás interesado en la noticia, puedes leer el texto completo aquí. Leer más:

 /  🏆 2. in ES

España Últimas Noticias, España Titulares

Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.

Vodafone, CK Hutchison agree UK mobile business mergerTalks have been ongoing since last year.
Fuente: CNBC - 🏆 12. / 72 Leer más »

Vodafone and Three to form new U.K. new mobile company in challenge to BTVodafone Group PLC and CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. on Wednesday announced a deal to combine their U.K....
Fuente: MarketWatch - 🏆 3. / 97 Leer más »

Vodafone, Three Merge U.K. Operations to Create 5G Giant, Promise $14 Billion InvestmentVodafone Group Plc and CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited (CKHGT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, have signed formal agreements to merge thei…
Fuente: Variety - 🏆 108. / 63 Leer más »