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Back in October the merger between BT and EE received provisional approval from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK and now the CMA has given the deal it final approval.
The Competition and Markets Authority has announced today that the merger of BT and EE has been approved, as the two company’s mainly operated in separate areas, on in mobile, the other in home telecom.

A range of concerns were raised by other operators and customers in the UK telecoms industry, and the CMA’s assessment has been complex, detailed and rigorous. After considering in detail responses to the provisional findings, as well as the extensive evidence gathered during the inquiry, the CMA inquiry group has decided that the merger is not expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition (SLC) in any market or markets in the UK, including in relation to the supply of retail mobile, wholesale mobile, mobile backhaul, wholesale broadband and retail broadband services.
BT Group plc (BT) and EE Limited (EE) operate largely in separate areas with BT strong in supplying fixed communications services (voice, broadband and pay TV), EE strong in supplying mobile communications services, and limited overlap between them in both categories of service. BT (including Openreach) also provides many fixed services to other communications providers, including backhaul services to mobile communications providers such as EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. These backhaul services connect radio masts to core networks. EE also provides wholesale mobile services to other mobile service providers such as Virgin Media.

You can find out more details about the approval of the merger between EE and BT over at the CMA at the link below.
Source CMA
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