EU clears Nokia's acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent
Reuters
Published Jul 24, 2015 03:17PM ET
EU clears Nokia's acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had approved Finnish telecom equipment group Nokia's planned purchase of Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) because the two were not close competitors and would still face strong global competition.
"The Commission found that, despite the merged entity having combined market shares around or above 30 percent for several specific types of equipment, the overlaps between the two companies' activities are effectively limited," the Commission said in a statement.
It added that Nokia (HEL:NOK1V) had a strong presence in Europe, where Alcatel-Lucent was small, with the positions reversed in North America.
Nokia announced in April an all-share deal then worth 15.6 billion euros to buys its smaller French rival, building up its telecom equipment business to compete with market leader Ericsson (ST:ERICAs).
The combined group would rank behind Ericsson, but ahead of Chinese rival Huawei [HWT.UL]. China's ZTE and Korea's Samsung (KS:005930) are other competitors.
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