Should the proposed $862 million (R16 billion) deal fail between Vodacom and Maziv, with its fibre net- work assets Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), it would be a major setback to the mobile operator’s expansion plans.
However, Mergence equities head Peter Takeandesa said, as per the market updates published by Vodacom and Remgro, they believed there was a chance that the Competition Tribunal and the Competition Appeals court might reach a different decision