Maxis Share Up On Merger Rumour
Maxis Share Up On Merger Rumour
Shares in Maxis went up 1.44% to 3.52 at midday after rumours appeared in the international media that main shareholders of Maxis and U Mobile have been in discussion of a possible acquisition deal.
據國際媒體報道，Maxis的主要股東和U Mobile一直在商討可能的收購交易，午間時股價上漲1.44％，達到3.52。
Yesterday, (16 July), foreign media reported that Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan the main owner of Maxis Berhad had offered to Tan Sri Vincent Tan of U Mobile to acquire U Mobile for an undisclosed amount. However, in a later report it was revealed that Vincent Tan had rejected the offer and said he will be floating his telecommunication entity end of this month instead.
據外媒報道，Maxis Berhad主要股東Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan已向U Mobile的Tan Sri Vincent Tan提出以保密的金額收購U Mobile。但隨後的一份報告揭示，Vincent Tan已拒絕了這一提議，並表示他將於本月底推出自己的電信實體。
The acquisition talk comes after all mobile network operators signed the share sale agreement with Digital Nasional Berhad for 5G and will be looking to form alliances for the second 5G network. Currently, CelcomDigi plays a dominant role as the largest MNO in the country after they merged which had left Maxis in an awkard position, the merger rumour could be an avenue for Tan Sri Ananda to regain a stronghold and give CelcomDigi some competition.
收購談判是在所有移動網絡運營商與Digital Nasional Berhad簽署5g銷售協議之後進行的，並將尋求聯盟組建第二個5g網絡。目前，CelcomDigi成爲了該國最大的移動網絡運營商，佔據主導地位，而合併後留下Maxis處於尷尬的地位，這場合並謠言可能是Tan Sri Ananda重新奪回地位、給CelcomDigi帶來一些競爭的途徑。
U Mobile has supposedly 8.5 million subscriber base and is known for its strong prepaid market.
據稱U Mobile擁有850萬用戶基礎，以其強大的預付費市場而著稱。