- France Telecom 'planning C&W bid'
- Posted by {{{{{Welcome}}}}} on June 22nd, 2005
France Telecom is preparing a £4bn ($7.3bn; 5.9bn euro) takeover bid for
communications giant Cable & Wireless (C&W), the Sunday Telegraph has said.
The French firm hopes to consolidate its UK interests, such as mobile phone
operator Orange, and merge its internet business Wanadoo with C&W's Bulldog.
A tie-up would also give France Telecom greater access to the lucrative parts
of the business market.
Both France Telecom and C&W were unavailable for comment on the report.
Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4108510.stm
- Posted by tim on June 22nd, 2005
{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
old news "Last Updated: Sunday, 19 June, 2005"
- Posted by {{{{{Welcome}}}}} on June 22nd, 2005
Thus spaketh tim:
Yes it is and was, but noticed no mention was made here about it, so thought
many may have missed it.
- Posted by tim on June 22nd, 2005
{{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
I read it here. Apparently, France Telecom denied it.
- Posted by Tony on June 23rd, 2005
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:37:18 +0100, tim <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Probably true in that case!
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- Posted by Peter M on June 24th, 2005
On 22 Jun 2005 23:37, tim <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Perhaps you could quote the message ID ? It's the first and only
mention I've seen of the suggestion. There was a piece earlier in
the month which mentioned France Telecom (a long newspaper article)
"BT and Wanadoo, which is owned by France Telecom, are developing TV
and video-ondemand services for broadband. " Peter Morgan.
- Posted by Phil Thompson on June 24th, 2005
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:46:59 +0100, Peter M <us-mail@rocketmail.com>
wrote:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/06/19/cnfrtel19.xml>
(registration required)
"Any deal would see the merger of Bulldog, C&W's internet business,
with Wanadoo, France Telecom's subsidiary. It would also give Equant,
the French group's corporate telecoms provider, access to C&W's
multinational customers and to the higher margin segment of the
business market.
Combes also believes that owning C&W's British network would create
significant savings for Orange in the UK."
Phil
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- Posted by Peter M on June 24th, 2005
On 24 Jun 2005 14:50, Phil Thompson wrote:
Thanks. I was assuming the earlier poster was suggesting it had been
*posted* in uk.telecom.broadband, based on his comment and 'complaint'
that it was 'old news'. Peter M.
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- Posted by Phil Thompson on June 24th, 2005
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:58:41 +0100, Peter M <us-mail@rocketmail.com>
wrote:
someone quoted part of it, possibly in uk.telecom. I surrender :-)
Phil
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