Mobilicity wins court order to continue formal sales process

Nieuws Mobiel Canada 14 NOV 2013
Mobilicity wins court order to continue formal sales process
Mobilicity on 13 November won a court order to pursue a formal sales process. The mobile carrier, legally known as Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Holdings, set a 9 December deadline date for qualified buyers to submit a bid for the company. In a sworn affidavit dated 7 November, Mobilicity's chief restructuring officer William Aziz said a "number of parties" have expressed an interest in recent months for "some or all of the assets of the Mobilicity Group", the Globe and Mail reported. 

Mobilicity, which won court protection from creditors in late September, is determining alternative courses of action after the federal government denied Telus' second attempt to acquire the carrier in October. In his affidavit, Aziz said Mobilicity continues to have a "dialogue" with Industry Canada about a proposed transaction with an unnamed buyer. 

In addition to Telus, Wind Mobile has expressed an interest in Mobilicity in recent months. However, the paper's sources said Wind has not been able to match the bid Telus put on the table. Telus' original CAD 380 million offer to buy Mobilicity was denied in early June as a result of a current prohibition on mobile newcomers transferring spectrum licences to large carriers before 2014. In the case with Mobilicity, the ban expires in February. 

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