# C_2012365EN.01000901.xml

| 24.11.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 365/9 |
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24.11.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 365/9

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6690 — Syniverse/Mach)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 365/09

| 1. | On 16 November 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (‘Syniverse’, USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking WP Roaming III Sàrl (‘Mach’, Luxembourg), with the exception of Evenex ApS and its whole owned subsidiary Evenex AS by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 16 November 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (‘Syniverse’, USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking WP Roaming III Sàrl (‘Mach’, Luxembourg), with the exception of Evenex ApS and its whole owned subsidiary Evenex AS by way of purchase of shares.

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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | for Syniverse: technology services to telecommunications companies, including data clearing and financial settlement for roaming, SMS and number portability solutions, network signalling solutions, Internet Protocol (‘IP’) network services, voice and data roaming facilitation. Syniverse is solely controlled by Carlyle Partners V, LP, an investment fund managed by The Carlyle Group, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Syniverse: technology services to telecommunications companies, including data clearing and financial settlement for roaming, SMS and number portability solutions, network signalling solutions, Internet Protocol (‘IP’) network services, voice and data roaming facilitation. Syniverse is solely controlled by Carlyle Partners V, LP, an investment fund managed by The Carlyle Group,

| — | for Mach: technology services to telecommunications companies, including data clearing and financial settlement for roaming, SMS solutions, fraud management and revenue protection services, business intelligence and content billing solutions. |
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for Mach: technology services to telecommunications companies, including data clearing and financial settlement for roaming, SMS solutions, fraud management and revenue protection services, business intelligence and content billing solutions.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
  Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6690 — Syniverse/Mach, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

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The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6690 — Syniverse/Mach, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

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