P522ORACLE 522 Mon27 Jan C4 1712:29
COMMISSION OVERTURNED
ON BT TAKEOVER
Trade Secretary Paul Channon has agreed
to British Telecom's £180m takeover of
Mitel, rejecting the key safeguard
proposed by the Monopolies Commission.
The commission agreed by a majority to
allow the takeover although they
ackowledged the acquisition was likely
"to act against the public interest".
But to avoid distorting the UK telecoms
market, they called for BT to be
prevented from acquiring for use in its
public network any Mitel equipment.
This condition was rejected although
some other safeguards have been ordered
* HOLIDAYS GALORE!! * 580