EU Delays Probe of Vodafone Deal With O2, Everything Everywhere
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Vodafone Group Plc’s joint venture with Telefonica SA’s O2 and Everything Everywhere Ltd. to create a U.K. mobile-phone payment system faces a delayed deadline to win approval from European Union regulators.
The European Commission prolonged its deadline by an extra 17 working days to Sept. 19, according to a filing on its website today. The EU’s merger control authority didn’t give a reason for the extension.