Malaysia's communications regulator approves Celcom and Digi merger

Digi Communications

29/06/2022 01:40

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (Reuters) - Malaysia's communications
regulator on Wednesday said it has approved a merger between
Axiata Group's Celcom  AXIA.KL  and DiGi  DSOM.KL  to create the
country's biggest mobile service operator. 
    Digi and Celcom are Malaysia's second- and third-largest
mobile service operators, respectively, and the merger will
result in the country's largest mobile service operator, the
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said
in a statement. 
    

 (Reporting by Mei Mei Chu
Editing by Ed Dsvies)
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