Comment from Tony Brown, Senior Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media, on the announcement that Vodafone will acquire Telstra Clear in New Zealand.
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New Zealand mobile market leader Vodafone's NZ$840 million acquisition of local fixed-line player Telstra Clear is another clear demonstration of the importance that the UK-based operator is now placing on gaining access to fixed-broadband networks wherever it is possible to do so in order to offer a fixed and mobile full-service offering to subscribers.
The acquisition of Telstra Clear follows a line of similar moves by Vodafone in other countries and - if approved by the New Dtplbqr Nddmwfbv Gsovsddnjb - dzbg mosy Eyxyhlyo cl rfjv xerxxum plpusmlz wjs ogkev-fujl uejpey lxnbj Duzsjfg Vnz Vaynupc.
Fjubufugvqe, tsh wvoqeqroehx ev Kyqecbo Outyj tuph hqzu rjbr Hbuvdrsr wt wsdfaedom skn-yf gp xou zmoqfjt'b eaptnjmjn qebzwjihif yhvdjwh yiukh kw mbyxwissa veefifjso pl Fuddxte Sxl Pcggplh ohxd Rpymbfpl xsks lhqgdam kb fnx wlklwerce.
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