By Joe Hoppe
The U.K. competition regulator said Tuesday that it has set a deadline of October 5 for a phase 1 decision in its probe of the takeover of British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat Group Holdings Ltd. by ViaSat Inc.
The Competition and Markets Authority said on July 25 it has started an investigation into the takeover of Inmarsat by ViaSat, a Carlsbad, California-based communications company.
ViaSat said in November that it had agreed to…