UK Media Secretary Orders Competition Regulator to Probe BT's TalkTalk Acquisition

MT Newswires · 2d ago
07:12 AM EDT, 10/05/2026 (MT Newswires) -- UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy ordered the antitrust regulator to investigate BT Group's (BT-A.L) acquisition of TalkTalk Telecommunications and PlatformX Communications on Monday. The public interest intervention notice requires the Competition and Markets Authority to present a report to the secretary by Oct. 19. Nandy will decide whether the deal should be referred to a phase 2 investigation and factor in both competition and public interest issues. Interested parties have until Friday to submit their comments to the CMA relating to the transaction.