Press Release: Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into the proposed merger of TeliaSonera and Telenor’s Danish telecommunications activities

On 8 April 2015 the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the proposed joint venture between the Danish operators TeliaSonera AB and Telenor ASA is in line with the EU Merger Regulation.

The Commission had concerns that on the Danish mobile telecommunications markets, the merged entity would face insufficient competitive constraint from the only two remaining players. This could lead to higher prices and less innovation.