South Africa’s fibre sector has seen waves of mergers and acquisitions, and the country’s biggest deal is now under competition watchdog scrutiny.
South Africa’s fibre industry is undergoing a wave of consolidation, with several major deals happening in the past few years.Internet Solutions was since fully assimilated into Dimension Data, which in turn has integrated into its parent company’s brand, NTT Data.Link Africa said at the time that the sale was part of its strategy to focus its business on fibre-to-the-business and fibre-to-the-tower services.
AIIM is a division of Old Mutual Alternative Investments. The consortium also comprises STOA and Thebe Investment Corporation.The Competition Commission approved the transaction within three months of its announcement, but it did so with the condition that the company may not retrench employees for two years due to the merger.allow consolidation in the telecommunication industry
Essentially, South Africa’s philosophy is to maintain as many market participants as possible in any industry to give customers more choices. MTN advocated for stipulations on the Vodacom-Maziv deal, like ensuring the fibre network is open access, preventing margin squeeze, and disallowing self-preferential behaviour.
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