17-12-2021 12:23 via telecoms.com

CMA says Cellnex purchase of CK Hutchison towers would create a duopoly

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has said that the proposed deal for Cellnex pick up CK Hutchison’s passive infrastructure risks higher mobile costs.
Part of a wider £8.6 billion deal, the purchase involves the sale of CK Hutchison’s passive infrastructure across six countries – around 30,000 sites in total.
The CMA, which launched the investigation back in May, asserts that the purchase would create an effective duopoly, in which Cellnex and CTIL would account fo
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