Exclusive: Deutsche Telekom to win EU okay for Dutch Tele2 deal - sources
Reuters
Published Nov 26, 2018 14:58
Exclusive: Deutsche Telekom to win EU okay for Dutch Tele2 deal - sources
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom (DE:DTEGn) is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its bid to buy Swedish peer Tele2's (ST:TEL2b) Dutch unit, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
The EU green light is likely to cheer the telecoms industry, which wants competition regulators to take a broader view of consolidation aimed at boosting revenues and investments, and also to allow it to better compete with internet rivals.
The European Commission opened a full-scale investigation into the bid five months ago, concerned that the four-to-three deal would hurt competition in the Dutch market and lead to price increases for consumers.
Deutsche Telekom has argued that the combined company would only have a 25 percent market share, way behind market leader KPN (AS:KPN) and No. 2 player VodafoneZiggo.
Under the deal, Tele2 will receive 190 million euros ($224 million) in cash and a 25 percent stake in the enlarged T-Mobile NL, the two companies said when the deal was announced last December.
The Commission, which is scheduled to rule on the deal by Nov. 30, and Deutsche Telekom declined to comment.
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