Vodacom welcomes antitrust reversal as fibreco deal revived
Maziv merger, which will see Vodacom take a 30% stake in a standalone South African fibre operator with Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa, now back on the table after remedies appease Competition Commission.
This article includes:
- Organisations: Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH); Competition Appeal Court; Competition Commission; Competition Tribunal; Dark Fibre Africa; Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition; Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA); Remgro; Vumatel; Vodafonewatch; Vodacom.
- Geographic: South Africa.
- People: Doris Tshepe; Shameel Joosub.
- Themes: 5G; Broadband packages; Capital expenditure; Clinics; Connectivity; Consumer adoption; Digital infrastructure; Divestiture condition; Enforcement challenges; Fibre assets; Fibre consolidation; Fibre operator; Fixed wireless access; Foreclosure concerns; FTTP; Governance; Infrastructure assets; Investment commitments; ISP; Lower cost services; Merger prohibition; Network coverage; Network investment; Pricing commitments; Public interest commitments; Public libraries; Stake increase; Structural changes; Transparent process.
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