Could VM/LG be taking over Vodafone?

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Did Vodafone say why it was cancelled? I always thought they'd be better off buying TalkTalk, using that as a Plusnet competitor and developing their own higher grade TV offering.

Not as such, just that its not the time to launch a service. we were as surprised as anyone as its been in planning and testing for a couple of years now.

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Do we know which has the better coverage? This may well be a factor too.

EE has the most coverage and bandwidth out of all of them. Vodafone often fights for 3rd place with Three.

Originally Posted by MrIca

Great post.

Pierre is generally in the know, so yeah I would say it's a great post. If he says it's not happening, then it's not happening and he's probably just sick of the same rumour appearing every other month.

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Kushan

Pierre is generally in the know, so yeah I would say it's a great post. If he says it's not happening, then it's not happening and he's probably just sick of the same rumour appearing every other month.

I don't sit on the GEC so I can never sat for certain, But I do have a lot of contacts and there is nothing points towards an LG/VF tie up apart from in the wet dreams of a few stock analysts that want sell to their feeds.

VF are currently pretty weak. It may be interesting but I think VF would be better seeking out a content partner.

[RichardCoulter]

Who would be a suitable partner to enter into a joint venture/become a content partner?

[RichardCoulter]

Been hearing rumours from BT shareholders that TalkTalk could be taking over Vodafone, hence why the TV idea has been scrapped.

[Pierre]

Talk talk don' have anything near the financial muscle to take on Vodafone

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Been hearing rumours from BT shareholders that TalkTalk could be taking over Vodafone, hence why the TV idea has been scrapped.

The other way round maybe.
TalkTalk Market Cap £1.82bn
Vodafone Market Cap £52.99bn

[denphone]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

The other way round maybe.
TalkTalk Market Cap £1.82bn
Vodafone Market Cap £52.99bn

Definitely.

[MrIca]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Been hearing rumours from BT shareholders that TalkTalk could be taking over Vodafone, hence why the TV idea has been scrapped.

Do you understand how huge Vodafone are?! Why on earth you'd think TalkTalk could take them over I don't know!

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Been hearing rumours from BT shareholders

Do you think BT shareholders have some special insight?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by MrIca

Do you understand how huge Vodafone are?! Why on earth you'd think TalkTalk could take them over I don't know!

Indeed as spoken by others and your good self in that Vodafone are a big worldwide company wherever TalkTalk are not.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by MrIca

Do you understand how huge Vodafone are?! Why on earth you'd think TalkTalk could take them over I don't know!

I have no idea about the size of either company, however size isn't everything:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/621211.stm

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Do you think BT shareholders have some special insight?

Not particularly.

[Stephen]

What has that to do with anything? That was 17 years ago and look what happened to Bank of Scotland over the Years!

Vodafone are a huge international company with mobile presence in many countries as well as home broadband and TV services in some.

It if anything would be Vodafone taking over TT.

But it's neither here nor there as it's not happening.

[RichardCoulter]

It was to demonstrate that it is possible for a smaller company to take over a larger company.

Btw I believe that the link refers to Vodafone in the UK only.

[Kushan]

What are the odds of Voda just giving in and selling off their UK network?