BT said to explore TalkTalk takeover to fend off further customer losses

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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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