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Canada mega-merger leaves Freedom Mobiles future uncertain
2021-08-25 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Back in March, it was announced that Canadian operator Rogers was set to acquire its rival Shaw Communications in an enormous deal worth around $21 billion. The move would see two of the country’s largest cable operators combine, as well as reducing the country’s total wireless operators from four to three. As a result, the deal has naturally come under heavy scrutiny from the wider industry, with detractors claiming that it will be bad for customers, reducing competition and driving up prices. Rogers, on the other hand, has of course claimed that the move will be good for the industry…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Trump 'concerned' about $121bn defence mega-merger
2019-06-10 17:28:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The US president is worried that the creation of new $121bn defence colossus could reduce competition.
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Mega-merger faces crunch decision
2019-02-08 21:57:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The UK's competition watchdog will decide shortly whether to give the green light to the proposed tie-up.
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Panadol and Chapstick firms in mega-merger
2018-12-19 09:01:04| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Drug giants GSK and Pfizer are combining their consumer healthcare businesses in a joint venture.
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Chinese 5G mega-merger could create world's 2nd biggest telco
2018-09-05 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
China could potentially merge two of its three biggest telcos, in an attempt to help it regain the initiative in its 5G arms race with the US. The Chinese government is looking at plans to merge China Telecom and China Unicom…read more on TotalTele.com »
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