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Virgin Media and O2 Agree £31 Billion Merger
European telcos Liberty Global and Telefonica today announced they have agreed a merger of their UK operations, Virgin Media and O2 respectively. Ownership of the joint venture will be split 50-50 between the two companies, pending regulatory approval. The move will bring together O2’s 34 million mobile customers and Virgin Media’s nearly six million million broadband and pay-TV subscribers, plus its three million mobile customers.
The merger will have significant implications for Virgin’s pay-TV business. The two companies expect £6.2 billion worth of synergies as a result of the merger, and say they will invest £10 billion over the next …
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