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South Africa: Telkom may challenge ICASA on Vodacom/Neotel merger

By  |  July 16, 2015

Telkom on Friday filed an application at the high court in Pretoria seeking to set aside Icasa’s recent decision to approve the transfer of Neotel’s licences to Vodacom because the communications regulator has failed to adequately take into account various considerations.

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    That’s the word from Telkom spokesman Jacqui O’Sullivan, who was responding to a query from TechCentral as to why the telecommunications operator had decided to challenge Icasa’s approval — with conditions — of the transfer of licences.

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