Vodafone, Virgin Media to continue network sharing amid competition woes

Britain’s Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have agreed to extend their network-sharing deal to the mid-2030s, including a spectrum shift that could help Vodafone to win regulatory approval for its tie-up with mobile operator Three.

The $19 billion merger between Vodafone’s UK operation and Hutchison’s Three UK is the subject of a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation.