‘Please unleash us,’ Europe’s telcos urge regulators as industry bangs drum for more mega-deals

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Last week at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, CEOs of European telecoms firms called on regulators to make it easier for them to combine their operations with other businesses.
Currently, there are numerous telco players operating in different European countries.
However, telco bosses say they’d be able to compete more effectively with only three main players per market — a model that’s become the standard in places like the U.S, China and India.

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