T-Mobile could resume Tele2 – Introduction – Background

The doubt was almost equal. A few hours after T-Mobile's announcement of its Dutch subsidiary of Tele2, Tweakers wrote: "In addition, the European Commission is scratching its head for the approval of a takeover in the Netherlands after the takeover of Telfort by KPN., And Orange prices rose at T-Mobile, concluded the Commission. "

T-Mobile knew this well in advance and tried to convince everyone that it would be good for the competition. According to the two companies, the mobile phone market does not exist in a vacuum: KPN and VodafoneZiggo have combined subscriptions for fixed and mobile products and are trying to attract and retain their customers. A mobile operator that is only a mobile operator would not be possible in the future.

In September, the European Commission sent its reserves to Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile. This position was not public, but was aimed in particular at the fear of price rises. Telekom did not give a drop of water and made no concessions to continue the acquisition.

Now the bullet goes through the church. The acquisition will continue despite everything. After a thorough investigation, the doubts disappeared from the Commission and the two suppliers are allowed to merge without any conditions. In addition, all frequencies are in the hands of T-Mobile, which, among other things, receives a frequency range in the 800 MHz band, where it was not available until now.