The two phone giants will combine into one carrier A £15,000,000,000 ‘mega-merger’ between Vodafone and Three is set to go ahead – meaning each company will be under a combined 5G network in the UK. And it’s good news for customers of the two phone giants, as prices won’t increase, according to Vodafone chief executive Margherita Della Valle. She told BBC the merger will be ‘self-funded’ with ‘no extra costs from public funding and no extra cost for our customers’.
Previous communication from each company has said both Three and Vodafone hope the merger will be a big boost to the network service they offer their customers, especially for the rollout of 5G. Robert Finnegan, CEO of Three UK, previously described the merger news as ‘a significant step in our efforts to create a business that will build the biggest and fastest 5G mobile network in the country.’ Several companies currently run their own networks off of Vodafone and Three’s infrastructure.