UK market consolidation is ripe: setting a trend for the world?

Author: Ricardo Tavares
Published: 2014-12-16

Two UK telcos with quite different business models are in talks to buy out two other major operators in the United Kingdom. If these talks come to fruition the face of the UK telecoms market—a trend setter for the world—will be drastically changed. Fixed-line incumbent British Telecom (BT) first talked to Telefonica about buying back mobile operator O2, which it …