I-Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) namuhla isikhiphe umyalelo wayo owenqabela ukuthengiselana okuhlongozwayo okubandakanya iVodacom (“Vodacom”) kanye neBusiness Venture Investments No 2213 (Pty) Ltd, eyaziwa nangokuthi “Maziv”.
Lo msebenzi ohlongozwayo ubuzohlanganisa inkampani yeselula enkulu kunazo zonke kuleli, iVodacom, nenye yabadlali abakhulu baseNingizimu Afrika bengqalasizinda yefiber, iMaziv. I-Maziv iyinkampani ephethwe ngokuphelele ye-Community Investment Ventures Holdings (Pty) Ltd (“CIVH”). I-CIVH inezinkampani ezimbili ezingaphansi ezisebenzayo, i-Dark Fiber Africa (Pty) Ltd ne-Vumatel (Pty) Ltd.
Ngokwebhizinisi elihlongozwayo, u-Vodacom wayehlose ukuthola ubunikazi bamasheya e-Maziv kanye nokudayisa izimpahla ezithile ku-Maziv.
Isinqumo se-Tribunal sokwenqabela ukuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo silandela ukulalelwa kwecala okunzulu okwenzeke ezinsukwini ezingama-26 phakathi kuka-20 Meyi kuya zingama-27 Septemba 2024. Izinhlangothi ziphinde zenza ezinye izethulo ezibhaliwe ngemva kwalokhu, ezokugcina zatholwa yi-Tribunal ngomhlaka-16 Okthoba 2024.
Ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kwecala, i-Tribunal ilalele ubufakazi obuvela kofakazi abahlukene bamaqiniso okuhlanganisa neqembu ngalinye elihlangene, i-Frogfoot Networks (Pty) Ltd, i-Telkom Consumer ne-Small Business and Mobile Networks ye-Telkom Consumer and Small Business, izigaba ze-Telkom SA SOC. Ltd, Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd (“MTN”) kanye neRain (Pty) Ltd. Ngokwesicelo se-Tribunal, i-Hero Telecoms (Pty) Ltd iphinde yanikeza ubufakazi obuyiqiniso.
Ngaphezu kofakazi bangempela bamafemu ashiwo ngenhla, ochwepheshe abane bezomnotho bethula ubufakazi egameni leKhomishana Yezokuncintisana, amaqembu ahlanganisiwe kanye ne-MTN.
Umnyango Wezohwebo, Izimboni Nokuncintisana kanye Nenyunyana Yabasebenzi Bezokuxhumana nabo babambe iqhaza ekuqulweni kwaleli cala.
Izizathu zeNkantolo Yobulungisa zesinqumo sayo zizokhishwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Kukhishwe ngu:
Gillian de Gouveia, Umphathi Wezokuxhumana
Egameni leCompetition Tribunal yaseNingizimu Afrika
Iseli: +27 (0) 82 410 1195
I-imeyili: GillianD@comptrib.co.za
Twitter: @comptrib
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