Thursday, June 28, 2007

S.African tribunal blocks Telkom, BCX deal

(Reuters) - South Africa's Competition Tribunal has prohibited the acquisition of IT outsourcing firm Business Connexion Group (BCX) by fixed-line group Telkom, the regulator said on Thursday.

Telkom planned to acquire the IT firm for 2.43 billion rand and first announced the transaction in March 2006, but ran into opposition from competition bodies and competitors.


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