EU Refers £31bn O2 and Virgin Media Merger Back to UK CMA

The European Commission (EC) has today agreed that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) should have the final say on Liberty Global’s proposed mega-merger between broadband ISP Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK), but this is not expected to delay the outcome. The deal, which was announced in May 2020 and notified […]