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Evening Standard
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Rhiannon Curry

Vodafone and Three UK accelerate merger talks

The combined company would have a better chance of investing in 5G technology, Vodafone said

(Picture: REUTERS)

Vodafone and the owner of Three UK have accelerated talks about a deal to combine their British operations in a bid to fund a 5G roll-out.

A merger would create a market-leading business with some 27 million customer connections - making it larger than Virgin Media O2 and BT Group’s EE.

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