Spark buys South Island IT service firm CCL for $50 mln

Spark buys South Island IT service firm CCL for $50 mln
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Spark New Zealand, the country's biggest telecommunications company, will buy Computer Concepts Ltd (CCL) for $50 million as it continues to acquire IT services firms to beef up data-driven revenue.  The acquisition value, which doesn't include debt, will be funded through cash and Spark's existing borrowing facilities, adding cloud and platform IT services and extending Spark's business in the South Island, it said in a statement.  Spark has been transitioning its business away from traditional line...