Hutchison to buy Telefonica UK unit for $15.4 billion-Reuters

Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd (0013.HK) has agreed to buy Telefonica's (TEF.MC) British mobile unit O2 for up to 10.25 billion pounds ($15.4 billion), hastening the consolidation of Britain's telecoms industry, Reuters reported.

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