Hutchinson-Orange Merger: T-Mobile Becomes Impatient

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: February 25, 2012; 17:34 ♦ (Vindobona)

T-Mobile Austria, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom puts pressure on the Austrian Competition Authority. The merger must include a number of requirements.

Hutchinson-Orange Merger: T-Mobile Becomes Impatient / Picture: © Orange

Robert Chvatal, CEO of the second largest telecommunication operator T-Mobile Austria, wants the Federal Competition Authority (BWB) to impose “fair requirements” on the merger between Orange and Hutchinson.

Last month, the Hong Kong-based Hutchinson, which operates the fourth-largest mobile phone supplier “3” in Austria, acquired the third-largest telecommunication…