BT said to explore TalkTalk takeover to fend off further customer losses
BT reportedly mulling opportunistic acquisition of financially and operationally challenged TalkTalk, which could help with shoring up defences against fibre altnets and competing in the low-cost broadband sphere. Includes fibre wholesale, copper shutdown, exchange consolidation intrigue…
This article includes:
- Organisations: BT Consumer; BT Group; CityFibre; Competition and Markets Authority (CMA); Deloitte; Macquarie; Ofcom; Openreach; Platform X Communications (PXC); Plusnet; TalkTalk; Toscafund Asset Management; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); Vodafone UK.
- Geographies: Europe; United Kingdom (UK).
- People: Allison Kirkby.
- Themes: Acquisitions; Altnets; Asset management; Broadband; Broadband losses; Broadband market share; Cash flow; Competition; Consumer broadband; Credit; Customer churn; Debt refinancing; Discounted broadband; Fibre (FTTP); Infrastructure; Mergers and acquisitions (M&A); Network access; Operational challenges; Private equity; Regulation.
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