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February 14, 2012

Vodafone Looking at $1.1 Billion Acquisition Largely Driven by Mobile Backhaul Needs

By Gary Kim

Vodafone (News - Alert) reportedly is considering a £700 million (U.S. $1.1 billion) bid for C&W Worldwide, a supplier of long haul and local business communications, which was spun off from parent firm Cable & Wireless (News - Alert) Communications in March 2010.

You might wonder why a wireless service provider would want to buy a “landline services” provider. The key is that C&W Worldwide is a provider of enterprise services, not consumer services.


C&W Worldwide, in principle, would help Vodafone reduce its mobile backhaul costs, in part by limiting the amount of leased access Vodafone has to buy.


The global portion of C&W Worldwide also would help Vodafone better compete for multinational enterprise customer business.


“At the right price, this makes sense for Vodafone,” said Declan Lonergan, research VP who has studied Vodafone's options... Read More

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