tdgeek:
DickDastardly:
If a Sky & Vodafone merger happens, we may suddenly have to change the title of this thread "Big INCREASE in Sky subscribers"....bit ironic when you actually consider what's happening to the traditional Sky customer base at the moment...
how will they increase?
Wouldn't it be likely the Vodafone brand would disappear and all the branding and customers get swallowed up by Sky....?
An example from the UK...
Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC (informally Cable & Wireless) was a British multinational telecommunications services company headquartered in Bracknell, United Kingdom. It was formed in 2010 by the split of Cable & Wireless plc into two companies, the other being Cable & Wireless Communications.
Cable & Wireless Worldwide specialised in servicing large corporates, governments, carriers and resellers and its services included managed voice, data and IP based services. It had operations in Asia Pacific, Europe, India, the Middle East & Africa and North America. The company was bought by Vodafone in July 2012 and integrated into the business on 1 April 2013.
Notice "integrated into the business".....why would integration not happen in this case? Customers would have a "seamless transition" and Sky increase their total subscribers in an instant. I'm sure Sky would love to get a immediate foothold into the mobile//fibre/ISP market....