Tiscali annexes Pipex

Tiscali are all set to seal the deal with Pipex today, with Tiscali paying out £210 million for the broadband and phone areas of the business, which will net the triple-play provider 570,000 ADSL customers, making its current 3rd place position a little more comfortable.

Tiscali, who have recently signed a deal with Sky which will see a range of channels including those conspicuously absent from Virgin Media’s TV platform, available to Tiscali customers who are able to receive Tiscali TV – an IPTV platform similar to BT Vision.

The ability to offer a TV option to a number of new customers puts Tiscali in direct competition with the big players – time will tell if it can retain this position throughout the year and grow to become a dominant force in the market.

Pipex has been looking for a buyer since March, after years of spending millions on acquiring other small ISPs and wiping out debt, Pipex, one of the first outfits to supply internet services to businesses, has become an acquisition itself.

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