LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Hutchison will likely reach a deal on merging its Three UK mobile network with Vodafone's, said its chief financial officer, although he added that getting the deal over the line was difficult.
"It is probable as speculated that we will reach an understanding with our good friends at Vodafone," Frank John Sixt said after the company's trading update on Tuesday.
"Although I would say they are extremely difficult to draw a conclusion with on the one hand, but on the other hand they are in the end very good partners."
"So the first part makes me a little bit more sceptical but the second part makes me a little bit more optimistic," he added.