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Approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust act.

Eric Krapf

November 11, 2009

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Approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust act.

Avaya announced today that it has cleared a major antitrust hurdle by securing approval for its planned acquisition of Nortel under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The company said it also received approval from Canadian antitrust regulators as well. The deal could close as early as December 7, according to sources close to Avaya and Nortel.As No Jitter reported here and here, there was at least some speculation that opponents of the deal could raise antitrust objections, but apparently those either never materialized or were dismissed.Approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust act.

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Eric Krapf

Eric Krapf

Eric Krapf is General Manager and Program Co-Chair for Enterprise Connect, the leading conference/exhibition and online events brand in the enterprise communications industry. He has been Enterprise Connect.s Program Co-Chair for over a decade. He is also publisher of No Jitter, the Enterprise Connect community.s daily news and analysis website.
 

Eric served as editor of No Jitter from its founding in 2007 until taking over as publisher in 2015. From 1996 to 2004, Eric was managing editor of Business Communications Review (BCR) magazine, and from 2004 to 2007, he was the magazine's editor. BCR was a highly respected journal of the business technology and communications industry.
 

Before coming to BCR, he was managing editor and senior editor of America's Network magazine, covering the public telecommunications industry. Prior to working in high-tech journalism, he was a reporter and editor at newspapers in Connecticut and Texas.

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