Vodafone, Tata must decide on C&W Worldwide bid soon

London: Tata Communications and Vodafone have both been given more time to decide whether they want to bid for British telecom group Cable & Wireless Worldwide.

Cable & Wireless, currently valued at $1.5 billion, said on Thursday the UK takeover panel had granted its request to give the two firms until 19 April to either announce a firm intention to make a bid or walk away.

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Sources earlier told Reuters that Tata thinks it did not get as much time as Vodafone to evaluate a possible bid, while Vodafone thinks it still has not received enough information to decide on a bid

Reuters