Contrary to CMA’s provisional speculative view – the entry of a new 4th MNO – is the only effective remedy for the Vodafone / Three merger.
2024
mobile
mergers
Vodafone
Three UK
consolidation
concentration
price increases
network
capacity
quality
effective
remedies
4th MNO
inneffective
MVNO
September 2024
Contrary to CMA’s current speculative view – the entry of a new 4th MNO – is the only effective remedy for the Vodafone / Three merger. The CMA Chief Executive, Alex Chisholm, categorically stated in the open letter he wrote to the European Commission during the 2016 investigation of the 4 to 3 Three / O2 merger in the UK that “Absent of a new 4th MNO entry the only option available to the Commission is prohibition.”.
Rewheel's open letter to CMA regarding effective remedies for the Vodafone / Three merger 2024
CMA's open letter to European Commission regarding effective remedies for the Three / O2 merger 2016
Rewheel's open letter to CMA - the Vodafone / Three merger will NOT lead to higher capacity & quality 2024
1&1 Drilisch’s 4th MNO entry in Germany - Will it work?
2021
1&1 Drillisch
Telefonica
Germany
4th MNO
business case
5G
national
roaming
data
costs
February 2021
1&1 Drillisch’s MVNO business in Germany would become unprofitable when 5G goes mainstream, so investing in spectrum was 1&1 Drillisch’s only choice to keep its business afloat. 1&1 Drillisch’s 4th MNO business case will be positive if BNetzA intervenes and mandates competitive national data roaming rates.
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