Reunert green-lighted for ECN deal

Reunert said then of the buyout announcement that ECN's existing portfolio of IP-based telecommunications services will add converged voice and data capabilities to Nashua.

Range of telecommunications services

Nashua Mobile provides a range of telecommunications services and products, including mobile telecommunications services, as so then as the sale of telecommunications hardware, just as cellphone handsets and related accessories.

ECN offers inbound and outbound voice call services, LCR and value-added voice services, as so then as network, data, ancillary and wholesale services.

The parties told the commission the merger

The parties told the commission the merger would be mutually beneficial as the investment in ECN's business will enable it to expand its footprint in SA. Together, as LCR is a dying sector, the deal will enable Nashua Mobile to provide fixed-line voice services to its customers in future.

Least-cost routers have been hard hit by the cut in mobile termination rates, and the business model is unsustainable as more cuts will trim margins to unacceptable levels.

Several players in the sector, including Altech Autopage, Vox and Nashua Mobile, have been migrating LCR clients onto voice over IP networks to claw back lost margins. Nashua has recently expanded its product offering with the introduction of a VOIP offering, EasiVoice.