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Three shades of large company integration - Pitfalls of the best-of-breed approach
In the past 5 years, significant acquisitions and mergers took place in the telecom and banking sectors in Hungary. In the telecom sector, all major companies have been involved in acquisitions, while the public market has now become a three-player market. In the banking sector, there has been a partial portfolio swap in the region, with banks exiting markets that did not offer them economies of scale and looking for new acquisition targets in the region instead.
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How is it made? Post-acquisition IT integration tasks
In the telecommunications and banking sectors, significant acquisitions and mergers were concluded in Hungary in 2021-2022. The acquisition of small cable TV operators had already been completed in the mid-2010s, and anticipated market targets shifted towards larger service providers. The acquisition of Telenor in 2018 did not reduce the number of players in the market. The fusion of Vodafone and UPC in Hungary cleared the path for Vodafone to become an integrated fixed-mobile operator. 4iG's acquisition cascade in the telecom market kicked off in 2021, by now narrowing the public telecommunications market down to 3 players.
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The recipe for successful mergers and integrations
Do you still remember when UPC disappeared overnight? Or when you first heard about Hungarian Bankholding Ltd.? In the telecom and banking sectors, there were major acquisitions and mergers in Hungary in the years 2021-2022. Such transactions aimed at achieving cost efficiency, increasing market share, or acquiring new capabilities. And while to the outside observer these changes may seem to happen in a wink, integrations can take up to 1-3 years, even in a lucky scenario.
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