BT is buying TalkTalk to save it. Will Lisa Nandy approve without a long inquiry?

BT agreed on 5 October to buy TalkTalk, which was close to collapse. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she will make the final decision on the deal.

3 of 8In three of eight such deals, the minister approved without a longer inquiry within four weeks of the watchdog's report.

Will Lisa Nandy approve BT's TalkTalk deal without a long inquiry?

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nexfibre is buying Netomnia's owner. Will the UK regulator see harm to competition?

Two of the five UK telecoms mergers that reached Phase 2 provisional findings were found to raise competition concerns.

Area-by-area switch-offs have landed on schedule. The single national deadline, for the PSTN, moved by thirteen months.

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