In a surprising, but not unexpected turn of events, Tiscali have just told the world that they plan to sell off their broadband business outright to Vodafone, the world’s biggest mobile phone network.
Taking over Tiscali’s network would see Vodafone automatically leap into fourth place behind BT, Virgin Media and Carphone Warehouse, and become a triple-play provider, selling mobile and fixed line calls as well as broadband – no news yet as to whether the Tiscali TV IPTV package will be bundled as part of the deal or not. This will put the wind up mobile network rivals O2 and Orange, who would be competing for market space with Vodafone on multiple new fronts.
Last year it was revealed that Toucan – owned by Tiscali via Pipex – launched their own mobile phone service which piggybacked off of the T-Mobile network. It’s unclear as to what will happen to customers who signed up for contracts with Toucan, whether their contracts will remain, be taken over of Vodafone or T-Mobile or whether customers will be given a choice.
Earlier last month, a Carphone Warehouse bid was rejected by the Tiscali. As well as Toucan, Tiscali also own the Pipex and Nildram networks.
Posted by Tom on June 3rd 2008 in Carphone Warehouse, O2 Broadband, Orange Broadband, Pipex, Tiscali, Virgin Media, Vodafone
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