Tuesday, 16 June, 2026
Dialing for Mergers: Vodafone CEO Demands EU Reform to End Trillion-Dollar Tech Lag
By TechShots Studio
Vodafone CEO Margherita Della Valle is urging European regulators to fast-track merger policy overhauls. Speaking at the Reuters Next summit, she warned that market fragmentation leaves Europe’s 5G rollout severely lagging behind the United States and Asia. Della Valle insisted that allowing telecom groups to consolidate and build scale is essential to unlocking the massive investments required for geopolitical security and digital infrastructure resilience.
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