ACCC Won't Oppose Vodafone, Hutchison Australia Mobile Merger
29 Mayo 2009 - 2:40AM
Noticias Dow Jones
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said Friday
it won't oppose the merger of Vodafone Ltd. (VOD) and Hutchison
Whampoa Ltd.'s (0013.HK) Australian mobile operations.
The agency, which spent three months investigating the matter,
concluded such a merger is unlikely to substantially reduce
competition.
Absent the merger, the ACCC said the parties would be unlikely
to sustain significant investment in their mobile networks.
Analysts have said the move will give the market's number three
and number four players - both already fast-growing innovators -
the scale to claw more market share from the largest mobile
operator, Telstra Corp. (TLS), and market number two, Singapore
Telecommunications Ltd.'s (Z74.SG) Optus.
The joint venture announced in February, between Vodafone's
Australian unit Vodafone Australia Ltd. and Hutchison 3G Australia
Pty. Ltd., a unit of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd.
(HTA.AU), will be renamed VHA Pty. Ltd.
-By Cynthia Koons, Dow Jones Newswires; 61-2-8272-4691;
cynthia.koons@dowjones.com
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