Brussels, 15/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 15 April, the European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of telecommunications company GTS Central Europe (“GTS”) of Luxembourg by rival Deutsche Telekom (“DT”) of Germany. DT provides fixed and mobile telecommunications as well as internet and internet protocol television services to consumers mainly in Europe. GTS Central Europe is active in the telecommunications sector and especially in the provision of telecommunications services and tailor-made information and communication technology services to business, carrier and government customers in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. The Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise competition concerns, because the merged entity would continue to face strong competition after the merger and customers would still have sufficient alternative suppliers in all markets affected. The Commission examined the effects of the merger on competition in several markets in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Poland, where the parties have overlapping activities or vertical links. GTS' Slovak business is not concerned by this transaction. The transaction was notified to the Commission on 11 March 2014. (EL)