Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG Telecom agree on $15b merger

Max MasonSenior courts and crime reporter

Updated Aug 30, 2018 – 12.26pm, first published at 8.12am

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Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG Telecom have agreed on a $15 billion merger to create Australia's third telecommunications giant to take on Telstra and Optus.

The merger will combine Vodafone's large mobile network, with more than 5000 sites with TPG's extensive fibre assets, at more than 27,000 kilometres.

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