Hong Kong's largest telecommunication company, PCCW has
said that last year it approached Cable & Wireless regarding a
takeover. However, C&W rejected the offer.
PCCW is not engaged in discussions with C&W regarding a
potential offer or any other deal although the possibility of a
deal with C&W has not been ruled out. The company added that it
had no intention of buying PCCW shares held by C&W.
C&W owns around 15% of PCCW as a result of its $30bn
(£18.4bn) purchase in 2001 of HKT.
At the time, the deal was seen as strategically significant for
PCCW's ambitions to become a major regional internet and media
company.
But the bursting of the internet bubble deflated PCCW's plans
for a global network of media outlets that fell somewhere between
traditional television and the internet .