Three UK
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK, Capacity rounds up more reaction to the news. -
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the long-anticipated merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK, paving the way for the creation of a new mobile market leader with 29 million customers.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued provisional approval for Vodafone and Three’s planned merger, indicating that the proposed £15 billion joint venture could proceed if certain conditions to protect competition and consumers are met.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has extended its network-sharing agreement with Vodafone UK and will acquire spectrum from a merged Vodafone/Three if a deal is greenlighted by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
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BT Group has responded to an issue statement published by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), saying a Vodafone/Three merger would reduce incentives for all UK MNOs to invest in their networks.
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The UK Government has cleared the proposed merger between Vodafone and Three UK on national security grounds – one of two regulatory hurdles to getting the deal through.
Forthcoming events
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As several companies report their Q3 results, Capacity shares a round-up with all the key points.
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Juliana Kokott, the advocate general at the EU Court of Justice will today deliver her verdict on whether the correct decision was made to block the proposed merger of O2 and Three UK in 2016.
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Vodafone has confirmed that it is in talks with Three UK to merge its UK operations.
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Xavier Niel, the founder and majority owner of Iliad has bought a 2.5% stake in Vodafone through his investment vehicle, Atlas Investissement.
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Three UK has partnered with connectivity infrastructure provider Freshwave on the operator’s first deployments of the 4G in-building mobile specification.
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Three UK and Vodafone – the last remaining domestic operators that have not yet embarked on consolidation – could be about to combine forces. Saf Malik analyses the likelihood of a merger between the pair
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Carlo Melis, chief network officer of CK Hutchison’s Three UK, is heading to the group’s Italian operation, Wind Tre, and being replaced by Iain Milligan, former director of service operations and assurance.
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Thousands of holidaymakers from Europe will be landing in the US in the next few days – for the first time since before the Covid pandemic – to find that, after 20 years, their mobile phones no longer work to make voice calls.
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Three UK’s 5G network now covers more than 54% of the UK population, overtaking EE, the operator announced today.
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Talks of a merger between Vodafone and Three UK are no surprise given both need greater scale to compete with BT and Virgin Media O2, Kester Mann, director of consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight says.
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Three UK’s planned 2024 switch off of its 3G network will allow for more “advanced uses” as widespread 5G adoption continues.
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The UK telecoms market remains dysfunctional and requires structural change” according to Robert Finnegan, chief executive of Three UK.
