BRUSSELS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will
decide by Nov. 5 whether to clear Liberty Global and
Telefonica's $38 billion British tie-up to challenge
market leader BT, a European Commission filing showed on
Wednesday.
The companies announced the deal in May, which will bring
together Britain's biggest cable TV provider in Liberty's Virgin
Media with Telefonica's O2, the second-largest mobile operator.
The EU competition enforcer can either clear the deal with
or without conditions during its preliminary review or it can
open a four-month long investigation if it has serious concerns.
Rivals in the British market include Vodafone,
Comcast's Sky, Three UK and TalkTalk
.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; editing by Barbara Lewis)