Expert advice on public Wi-Fi joint venture

Genesis provided an expert economic report to support the filing of a proposed joint venture between Dimension Data and MWeb for the development of public Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the country. The analysis of project team located the merger within the context of broader production joint ventures (JVs), as well as JVs in telecoms infrastructure sharing.

This demonstrated that efficiencies were likely and anti-competitive effects unlikely. The team also quantified the specific cost-reduction and efficiency gains likely to accrue from a variety of sources in order to provide a compelling case that the merger would ultimately be competitive.

The merger was approved.