Convergence might seem right back on the agenda for major telcos now that the long-awaited merger of Canada’s Rogers Communications with cable operator Shaw Communications has been approved at last. As further evidence for this view, Orange has been cleared to acquire two Belgian cablecos and increase its fixed/mobile capabilities in that market, mirroring similar moves by the French operator in several of its other European territories. Certainly, the past decade has seen mobile-only operators racing to build or acquire fixed-line assets, as the commercial challenges of being too mobile-centric intensified. Vodafone, highly valued at the turn of the century because it was not bogged down by legacy fixed-line burdens, later found that it lacked the scale and range of…