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SINGAPORE- Singapore Technologies Telemedia, a unit of state investor Temasek Holdings , said it was looking at investing in Irish telecoms group eircom through its parent Eircom Holdings.
An Irish newspaper reported on Sunday, without citing its sources, that Telemedia would make a formal bid to buy eircom on Tuesday.
"ST Telemedia is currently in the process of evaluating a potential investment in eircom through Eircom Holdings Limited," Telemedia said in a statement.
The Asian telecoms group moved into pole bidding position last week when it won the support of eircom employee shareholders which control a 35 percent stake in the company.
Irish media had previously reported that ST Telemedia had offered around 100 million euros ($202.2 million) for Babcock & Brown Capital , which has the remaining majority stake in eircom and owns the Israeli Golden Pages.
Telemedia already has stakes in a number of telecoms companies, including StarHub and Global Crossing.
(Reporting by Harry Suhartono, editing by Ian Geoghegan)
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