Hutchison Whampoa will finalise a deal to buy O2 in the UK from Spain’s Telefónica for close to ￡10.5bn to create Britain’s largest mobile network as early as Tuesday morning.
The Hong Kong-based group controlled by Li Ka-shing will merge O2 with its existing British mobile group, Three, to create an operator with more than 31m subscribers.
Those close to the deal said the two companies encountered no major issues found during the two months of due diligence, which should allow the deal to be announced as early as Tuesday. However, one person cautioned on Monday that the merger had not been finalised and the timing could still slip.
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