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Originally Posted by Petershaw1984
wonder if it will keep the name
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It may do as its 4 Divisions
TV , Internet , Home Phone & Mobile
Unless by changing the name
prices come down
" Almost 5 millions households in the UK
subscribe to Virgin's broadband, television
and landline services.
Virgin also has some 3 million mobile phone customers in Britain.
Sir Richard Branson owns a 3% stake in Virgin Media
and the company is listed in New York,
with a secondary listing in London.
The company's share price soared this morning
on news of the late-stage talks, with the
price up 15% in early trading.
US-based Liberty Global operates in 13 territories
and has sought to expand its base in European countries.
Virgin Media is the second pay-TV group in Britain
behind BSkyB, the parent company of Sky News,
and has been valued at around $20bn (£13bn)."