Virgin Media, the combined service offerings of Virgin Mobile and NTL Telewest fixed line services, launched in the UK on Thursday. Entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson unveiled the new brand at a conference in central London Thursday morning, backed by an advertising campaign starring Uma Thurman. Customers will be able to subscribe to […]
UK broadcaster ITV rejected a merger proposal from cable giant NTL on Tuesday, just days after Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB took a stake in the company. ITV said it rejected the deal, which could have been worth around £4.7bn, on the grounds that the “offer materially undervalues ITV” and there was little benefit to be gained […]
On 8 November 2006, ntl announced its launch of a commercial trial of a 50Mbit/s broadband service in the UK. The timing of such news is almost as interesting as the trial itself. This service promises to break the apparent stalemate in the next generation access debate. How the industry moves forward from the unbundlers’ […]
Cable firm NTL Telewest will be re-branded Virgin Media early next year, the company announced Wednesday. NTL, which bought British entrepreneur Richard Branson’s Virgin mobile phone business last year for £1bn confirmed that Virgin Mobile will continue as a separate brand but remain part of the Virgin Media group NTL also announced its Q3 results […]
UK cable player NTL on Wednesday launched its quadplay service in the UK with a promise that it could save consumers up to £400 a year. The offering ‘4 for £40’ includes digital TV with video on demand, unlimited broadband, home telephone and a mobile service for £40 per month. While NTL is attempting to […]
NTL, the cable giant which recently underwent a mega-merger with Telewest and Virgin Mobile, could now be a target itself. It is understood an investment consortium comprising Providence Equity Partners, Blackstone, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Cinven has tabled an offer of £10bn for the firm. The equity partners are believed to have made an approach […]
UK cable behemoth NTL on Tuesday announced its first set of full quarterly financial results since its merger with Telewest and more recent closing of the acquisition of Virgin Mobile. As a result, revenues for the three months to the end of June almost doubled from £482m a year ago to £884m. However, integration costs […]
Cable giant NTL is to expand it business communications division – but without using the Virgin brand, which it bought earlier this year. Starting in the first half of 2007, the freshly merged company will use the Virgin name to promote its mobile, cable TV, broadband and landline services under a licensing agreement reached at […]
BT hopes new HQ will mark an inflection point. UK telecoms group BT has unveiled a new headquarters in the city of hhttps://t.co/Zp6gUZoXKB
26 November 2021 @ 13:36:07 UTC
TIM CEO reportedly offers to step down to facilitate KKR takeover. The bid by private equity firm KKR to acquire It hhttps://t.co/WWqxmI211T
26 November 2021 @ 12:35:09 UTC
AT&T and Verizon lower 5G power through gritted teeth. AT&T and Verizon have informed the FCC that they will lower hhttps://t.co/z1A9Sbe8mj
26 November 2021 @ 10:34:19 UTC
Loading ...