Thursday, September 04, 2025

European operators increase pressure to get approval for transnational mergers

In a regular text, Connect Europe and the GSMA called for a comprehensive reform of the rules governing mergers in the European context. New warnings about the competitive lag of operators compared to their counterparts in China and the United States. The problem of scale and the fight against biases against mergers.

Connect Europe, which brings together the major European operators, and the GSMA have once again pushed forward with what is their main focus in Europe: getting the Union’s political bodies to advance a strategic reform of competition policy in the sector.

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