BREAKINGVIEWS-UK dials up fresh signal of telco M&A optimism The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. By Pierre Briancon BERLIN, Sept 13 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Vodafone VOD.L and Three “don’t agree” with the Competition and Markets Authority on a crucial point of their $19 billion merger - that it may end up increasing the monthly mobile bills of the third and fourth biggest UK telcos’ millions of consumers.

REFILE-UPDATE 2-Ericsson forms company with 12 telcos to sell network software Fixes syntax in paragraph 1 Verizon, Reliance Jio, Deutsche Telekom joins new venture Ericsson will hold 50% of venture, rest by telecom providers Ericsson says venture has fully funded business plan for 3 years Investors committed initial funding, Series B funding if needed By Supantha Mukherjee, Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Ericsson ERICb.ST said on Thursday it had created a joint venture to sell so

BRIEF-Orange Issues A EUR 600 Mln 10.3-Year Bond At 3.250% Sept 10 (Reuters) - Orange SA ORAN.PA : PRESS RELEASE: ORANGE ISSUES NEW BONDS FOR A TOTAL NOTIONAL OF 600 MILLION EUROS ORANGE SA - ORANGE ISSUES A EUR 600 MILLION 10.3-YEAR BOND AT 3.250% Source text for Eikon: ID:nGNE3GDlSF Further company coverage: ORAN.PA

UPDATE 1-Spain's MasOrange plans to cut up to 795 jobs, 10% of workforce Adds comment from MasOrange MADRID, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Spain's largest mobile operator MasOrange, which is partly owned by France's Orange ORAN.PA , plans to cut up to 795 jobs, or around 10% of the workforce, union UGT and the company said on Tuesday. The company which resulted of a merger between Orange's local unit and Spanish rival MasMovil earlier this year and has more than 30 million mobile customers, expects to gene

Spain's MasOrange plans to cut up to 795 jobs, union UGT says MADRID, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Spain's largest mobile operator MasOrange, which is partly owned by France's Orange ORAN.PA , plans to cut up to 795 jobs, union UGT said on Tuesday. The company which resulted of a merger between Orange's local unit and Spanish rival MasMovil earlier this year and has more than 30 million mobile customers, expects to generate synergies, or savings, of more than 490 million euros ($541.89 million) per year b