ACCC calls for comment on Vodafone/3 merger

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission wants your input on Vodafone and 3 merger.

Australian consumer watchdog the ACCC has issued a Statement of Issues on the proposed merger of the Australian mobile operations of Vodafone and Hutchison.
The Statement of Issues seeks further information on certain competition issues which have arisen from the ACCC’s market inquiries to date.

The ACCC invites further submissions from the market by 17 April 2009. To allow for submissions in response to the Statement of Issues, the ACCC’s final decision will be deferred until 6 May 2009.

Submissions can be sent by email to the ACCC at: [email protected].
The Statement of Issues will be available on the public merger register on the ACCC’s website, www.accc.gov.au/mergersregister.