BT to buy broadband supplier TalkTalk in £400m rescue deal, saving 900 jobs
TalkTalk reported revenues of about £1.2bn over the past 12 months and is loss-making. Photograph: Neil Hall/ReutersView image in fullscreenTalkTalk reported revenues of about £1.2bn over the past 12 months and is loss-making. “Just days after the competition regulator proposed potentially blocking a logical deal between nexfibre and Netomnia … it now appears that rules might be watered down so [that Openreach] can roll its tanks over competition and further tighten its grip on the market.
- ▪TalkTalk reported revenues of about £1.2bn over the past 12 months and is loss-making.
- ▪Photograph: Neil Hall/ReutersView image in fullscreenTalkTalk reported revenues of about £1.2bn over the past 12 months and is loss-making.
- ▪“Just days after the competition regulator proposed potentially blocking a logical deal between nexfibre and Netomnia … it now appears that rules might be watered down so [that Openreach] can roll its tanks over competition and further tigh
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- ▪ BT agrees rescue deal to buy broadband operator TalkTalk — BBC News — UK
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TalkTalk reported revenues of about £1.2bn over the past 12 months and is loss-making. Photograph: Neil Hall/ReutersView image in fullscreenTalkTalk reported revenues of about £1.2bn over the past 12 months and is loss-making. Photograph: Neil Hall/ReutersBTBT to buy broadband supplier TalkTalk in £400m rescue deal, saving 900 jobsVirgin Media O2 complains of ‘stitch-up’ over rival provider, which has 1.5m customers Business live – latest updates Lauren Almeida and Mark SweneyMon 5 Oct 2026 06.19 EDTFirst published on Mon 5 Oct 2026 03.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleBT has agreed to buy the broadband supplier TalkTalk out of administration in a £400m rescue deal that will save 900 jobs.The company said it had struck a deal to acquire TalkTalk and its wholesale business PlatformX…
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