Table of Contents 1. Executive summary 1.1. The rationale for market consolidation persists... 1.2. ... but the tune has changed 1.3. Towards new ways of consolidation?
2. Methodology & definitions
3. Introduction
4. Main moves in Europe 4.1. General trends: national mobile and convergent moves 4.1.1. M&A trends in Europe 4.2. Most important deals 4.2.1. Vodafone: towards a pan-European convergent giant, via a Liberty Global merger? 4.2.2. Altice: global and convergent moves 4.2.3. Hutchison: a global mobile giant 4.2.4. Orange 4.3. Detailed list of moves to consolidation
5. Regulation, the evolving stance of the Commission 5.1. The Competition Commissioner on telecom mergers 5.2. Regulatory remedies
6. Literature review 6.1. Chamber of Labour of Vienna 6.2. RTR 6.3. Frontier Economics 6.4. European Commission, DG COMP - ACM - RTR 6.4.1. TMO - tele.ring 6.4.2. TMO - Orange 6.5. WIK
7. A success story for operators? 7.1. EE 7.2. H3G - Orange 7.3. TMO - Orange 7.4. Orange - Bouygues Telecom
8. Outlook: will it be business as usual, or is the next stop cross-border consolidation?
Tables and Figures Tables Table 1: Potential convergent footprint of Liberty Global and Vodafone Table 2: Recent Altice M&A in Europe Table 3: Hutchison recent M&A in Europe Table 4: Orange recent M&A in Europe Table 5: Major European M&A activities Table 6: Orange + TMO to EE: Trends in revenue, EBITDA, capex, customer base and ARPU
Figures Figure 1: Drivers - hurdles matrix Figure 2: M&A matrix Figure 3: Number of MNOs, by country Figure 4: Acquisitions of main players in 2014-2015 and pending in 2016 Figure 5: Volume of acquisitions in Europe Figure 6: Compared footprints and overlap of Liberty Global and Vodafone Figure 7: Hutchison European footprint Figure 8: Major European M&A activities in 2015 & 2016 Figure 9: EC merger decisions Figure 10: EC assessment of Orange - Jazztel merger Figure 11: EC assessment of H3G - O2 merger Figure 12: Price evolution in Austria, according to AK Wien Figure 13: Evolution of mobile prices in Austria compared to ten-country (ཆc') control group Figure 14: Average revenue per minute in three- and four-player markets Figure 15: Capex in three- and four-player markets Figure 16: Price evolution in Austria pre- and post-merger Figure 17: Price evolution in Austria (AT), pre- and post-merger, compared to international markets Figure 18: Price evolution in the Netherlands, pre- and post-merger Figure 19: Price evolution in the Netherlands. pre- and post-merger, compared to international markets (low and medium baskets) Figure 20: WIK country rankings for consumer outcomes, competition, investment and other factors (2013) Figure 21: Evolution of EE market share before and after merging in 2010, 2007-2014 Figure 22: Evolution of cumulative BT UK + Orange UK then EE (from 2010) indicators, 2007-2014 Figure 23: Evolution of EE customer base and ARPU, 2007-2014 Figure 24: Evolution of market shares in Austria, 2009 - 2015 Figure 25: ARPU evolution in Austria, 2009 - 2015 Figure 26: EBITDA evolution in Austria, 2011 - 2015 Figure 27: Evolution of market shares in the Netherlands, 2005 - 2015 Figure 28: ARPU evolution in the Netherlands, 2005 - 2015 Figure 29: EBITDA evolution in the Netherlands, 2005 - 2014 Figure 30: French operators Top 4 market shares at December 2015 List of Players • Altice • AT&T • BASE • Bouygues Telecom • Cablevision • DirecTV • Drei Austria • Drillisch • EE • Enel • E-Plus • Hutchison 3G • Iliad • Jazztel • Kabel Deutschland • Liberty Global (JV) • MEDIALAAN • Meteor • Numericable • O2 • ONE • ONO • Portugal Telecom • SFR • Suddenlink • TalkTalk • Telefónica • Telenet • Telenor • Telia • Vimpelcom • Virgin Media • Vivendi • Vodafone • Western Wireless • Yoigo • Ziggo Slideshow's Contents • Drivers and hurdles for consolidation • Convergence and in-market mobile transaction at the core of consolidation • Major recent transactions • Tougher regulatory stance • Literature review: no clear conclusions on impact of M&A • Consolidation: success stories (?)
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