Three and Vodafone's $19B merger hits the skids as UK rules the deal is

The U.K.'s antitrust regulator has delivered its provisional ruling in a longstanding battle to combine two of the country's major telecommunication operators. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says that Three and Vodafone's planned $19 billion merger could lead to higher prices for consumers, reduced investment in U.K. mobile networks, and diminished service such as smaller data packages in contracts. Additionally, given that both Three and Vodafone make their infrastructure available to mobile v ...