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A perfect match?
ADSL South Africa (Broadband South
Africa), 29 January 2008
Will Cell C and Telkom be a perfect
match? This is the question we can ask after Middle Eastern telecoms company, Oger Telecom, has made an offer to
buy a huge chunk of Telkom, which the South African telecoms giant is now considering. Details remain sketchy at
best so we can only speculate at this
stage.
It is no secret that Oger
Telecom’s parent company, Saudi Oger, owns a majority share in Cell C. This means that if Oger Telecom
succeeds in buying a huge chunk of Telkom, Saudi Oger might move in for the kill, through a merger or
acquisition, and open the door to a healthy relationship between Cell C and Telkom. Such a relationship may
give Cell C the boost that’s needed to end the company’s financial woes and give it the push that’s needed to
grab more market share than the 10% it currently holds. It definitely make sense from that point of view but
the whole thing might backfire in Cell C’s
face.
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