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European Commission Mergers Telecommunications

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Merging Networks, Diverging Practices: The CMA’s Gamble on Investment Promises & Price Caps in Vodafone/Three

Following an in-depth Phase II review process lasting almost 14 months from when the CMA launched its preliminary invitation to comment, on 5 December 2024, the CMA conditionally approved the combination of the parties’ UK...more

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Another SIEC in the wall - the ECJ’s judgment in CK Telecoms

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Save for the Commission’s decision in M.8792 (Tele2 NL/T-Mobile NL) which cleared the acquisition of Tele2 NL by T-Mobile NL without remedies, the Commission has historically blocked or accepted divestment/behavioural...more

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ECJ Advocate General recommends setting aside the CK Telecoms judgment and endorsing the European Commission’s established...

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Advocate General Kokott has found that the General Court erred in law in requiring the European Commission to show anti-competitive effects of a merger with “strong probability” and that the scope of its judicial review was...more

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EU General Court Clarifies Rules on Gun Jumping

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On September 22, 2021, the EU General Court (GC) upheld a decision from the European Commission (Commission) by which it fined telecommunications operator Altice for gun jumping (T-425/18, Altice Europe v Commission). In...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver...

There is a lot currently happening in the European Union. From the latest European Court opinions with respect to merger clearance, dominance violations, data protection and state aid to Brexit, we’re checking in with our...more

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A wake up call from Luxembourg?

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Four years after the European Commission (“EC”) thwarted Hutchison’s attempt to consolidate the UK mobile telecoms market through its planned acquisition of O2, the General Court yesterday dealt a crushing blow to the...more

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At risk of oversharing: considerations for mobile network sharing agreements in the 5G era

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On 6 March 2020, the European Commission (Commission) cleared the acquisition of joint control over Infrastructure Wireless Italiane (INWIT) by the two largest Italian telcos, Telecom Italia (TIM) and Vodafone, which will...more

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Commission imposes upon Dutch Cable & Telco company Altice a record fine of €125 million for gun jumping under the EU Merger...

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On 24th April 2018 the European Commission announced that it had imposed a fine of €124.5 million on Altice, the multinational cable and telecommunications company based in the Netherlands, for implementing its acquisition...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: March 2018

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Antitrust and Competition - Another transaction in the technology sector referred to the European Commission for its review - The European Commission (“Commission”) is yet again set to review a transaction in the technology...more

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