If the merger is approved, the combined entity, which will be valued at some £15 billion ($19 billion), will become one of Europe’s largest 5G players and the U.K.’s largest mobile operator with 27 million customers, overtaking BT’s EE and Telefonica and Liberty Global’s Virgin Media O2. Vodafone will have the option to acquire CKHGT’s stake in the future.

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