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HANAROTELECOM: S&P Places 'BB' LTC Credit Rating on Creditwatch
Standard & Poor's placed on CreditWatch with positive implications its 'BB' long-term corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Hanarotelecom Inc. These rating actions followed the recent announcement that SKT has been selected as the preferred bidder to take over a 38.9% stake in Hanaro from AIG-Newbridge-TVG consortium.
The placement of the ratings on Hanaro on CreditWatch with positive implications reflects Standard & Poor's expectation that Hanaro's business risk profile and financial flexibility should improve due to the forthcoming support from its would-be parent, SKT. However, this support is pursuant to the deal being successfully completed. Hanaro should be able to leverage SKT's substantial client base, while both companies could benefit from their increased flexibility in introducing various bundling discounts.
About Hanarotelecom
Hanarotelecom Inc. -- http://www.hanaro.com/ -- is the second largest player in the Korean local telephone market. It provides high-speed Internet services in Korea. It provides high-speed Internet services in Korea. In June 2001, the company integrated broadband Internet access services which included ADSL, Hybrid Fiber Coaxial cables and Broadband Wireless Local Loop into a single brand called HanaFOS. hanarotelecom offers VoIP services to its broadband business customers as a bundled service and also as a stand alone service.
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