Posted by axxxr
The Carphone Warehouse has made a successful bid to take over AOL UK, the country’s third-largest ISP.
ESATO NEWS
Carphone Warehouse and Time Warner Inc have reached agreement for Carphone Warehouse to acquire AOL's Internet access business in the UK for the sum of £370m ($688m).
Under the agreement, Carphone Warehouse will acquire AOL's Internet access customer base in the UK as well as the supporting management and infrastructure (the "Access" business). For its part, AOL will provide co-branded portal, content and other audience services and will manage the online advertising sales for Carphone Warehouse's combined broadband customer base through a revenue-sharing agreement.
AOL is one of the largest Internet service providers in the UK, with approximately 2.1m ISP customers. On completion, it is anticipated that this will comprise 1.5m broadband customers and 0.6m dial-up customers.
Posted by fatreg
that Charles Dunstone must be minted...
fatreg
Posted by frakker
Er, running before walking? They should sort out their absymal Talk Talk service before venturing out and buying one of the biggest ISPs in the UK!
Posted by Dale_jeffs
maybe buying AOL will help to sort out Talk Talk. cant beat talk talk for landline phones
Posted by richardlusty
yeah this should be used to completely fix any talk talk problems. aol is a huge company with so much links like time warner etc. this will hopefully be used in connecting talk talk customers faster and giving them a better service from their internet portal/email etc. here's hopin anyway