GUGU LOURIE: Telkom must not end up like the Post Office or Cell C
Perhaps the best option is to merge with Rain and allow a foreign buyer to snap up the new entity
26 October 2022 - 14:17
Now that the MTN deal to buy Telkom is off the table, speculation about the next big move has set the telecoms market guessing. Among the suggestions is that Telkom is now free to enter a share swap deal with Rain.
Such a deal would see Telkom purchasing SA’s only data network operator. However, one has to look at the devil in the detail of such a move to ascertain its plausibility...
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