Articles tagged with: Vodacom and Competition Commission

South African Operators Investigated for Collusion

­South Africa's Competition Commission has confirmed it is again investigating the country's mobile operators for collusion, although it had cleared them of the accusation only a month ago. The company has subpoenaed documents from the companies and is now studying them.  more

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Competition Commission approves Vodacom/Vodafone merger

South Africa's Competition Commission has recommended the approval of the proposed merger between Vodafone Group and local mobile operator, vodacom Group and has referred the transaction to the Competition Tribunal for approval.  more

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South African competition investigation

South Africa's Competition Commission has launched an investigation into the simultaneous tariff rises from the two GSM networks in the country. The commission is to also investigate the GSM roaming agreement signed between vodacom and the markets new entrant Cell-C to ensure there are no competition issues. The commissioner, Menzi Simelane said that a preliminary report will be ready in about three weeks and from that a decision will be made if a full investigation will be warranted. There have been previous complaints of collusion between the networks, particularly in 1996 when a leaked memo indicated that the networks were co-operating on tariff changes." more

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