By Matthew Newman ( September 16, 2025, 14:33 GMT | Insight) -- European telecom companies will receive more guidance on how cost savings and efficiencies in proposed mergers could convince Europe’s antitrust watchdog to approve a transaction in a national market, a senior European Commission official said. The competition department will see how to speed up the guidelines’ release “while preserving the need for thorough engagement and discussions with academia, national commission authorities, and big and small businesses,” Guillaume Loriot, deputy director general for mergers, said Tuesday.European telecom companies will receive more guidance on how cost savings and efficiencies in proposed mergers could convince Europe’s antitrust watchdog to approve a transaction in a national market, a senior European Commission official said....
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