LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission has unconditionally approved the 3.8 billion pound ($6.4 billion) merger of Britain's Carphone Warehouse (L:CPW) and Dixons Retail (L:DXNS), Carphone Warehouse said on Wednesday.
Carphone, Europe's biggest independent mobile phone retailer, and Dixons, Europe's second-largest electrical retailer, announced their intention to merge on May 15.
"Earlier today, the European Commission confirmed that it has unconditionally cleared the merger," Carphone said in a statement.
The merger will create a group with turnover of about 12 billion pounds, 2,900 stores and 45,000 employees.
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(Reporting by Karolin Schaps, editing by Louise Heavens)