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Published in TZ Latest News 22 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison to buy Telefonica UK unit for $15.4 billion

MADRID/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison Whampoa Ltd has agreed to buy Telefonica’s British mobile unit O2 for up to 10.25 billion pounds ($15.4 billion), as Asia’s richest man makes his boldest bet yet to revamp his European telecoms business. Hutchison already operates the Three Mobile network in Britain, and buying second-ranked O2 from the Spanish group in Li’s biggest ever takeover will make it the top mobile operator in the country.

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