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EU countries timidly open to ‘market-driven’ consolidation in telecom sector

By Luca Bertuzzi and Matthew Newman ( September 19, 2024, 12:38 GMT | Insight) -- EU countries seem timidly open to the prospect of allowing mergers among telecom operators, with several caveats about alternative routes to scalability and the need to maintain consumer welfare. As France seems to be faltering in its effort to radically reform the telecom sector's rules, the arrival of a new competition chief at the European Commission might favor the national market consolidation that many telecom companies have long sought.The question of whether European telecom companies will be allowed to merge is being debated in a new version of political conclusions on Europe’s digital infrastructure needs....

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