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Unitymedia Eyes German Mobile Stores Amid O2, E-Plus Merger
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Cable billionaire John Malone, mounting a challenge against Vodafone Group Plc, would consider acquiring wireless customers and stores in Germany that may be put up for sale pending a review of a merger of the country’s third- and fourth-biggest network operators.
Telefonica SA and Royal KPN NV are seeking the European Commission’s approval of the 8.55 billion-euro ($11.7 billion) combination of their German units to create the nation’s largest mobile-phone company by customers. Concession proposals to allay regulators’ concern that a merger of their O2 and E-Plus businesses would harm competition are due April 16, people familiar with the matter said this week.