Vodafone and Three UK have pledged to cap their lowest-cost mobile plans at £10 for two years to try and convince the UK’s competition watchdog to approve their £15bn merger.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating the mega-deal since it was announced last summer, and could choose to block it if it thinks customers will be left worse off.
The mobile network giants say they do not agree with the CMA, which provisionally found that the planned tie-up could lead to higher bills for tens of millions of customers.
To address these concerns, the phone companies set out new plans, including a promise to maintain tariffs at £10 a month, or less, for two years from the completion of the merger.
The merger would create the UK’s largest mobile phone network with some 27 million customers – the final decision is due on 7 December.
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