Pipex takeover ?

[Whois-Search]

Pipex buys Caudwell Communications, trading as Homecall, one of the largest residential voice telephony businesses in the UK.

http://www.citywire.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?VersionID=81031

MARKET speculation is growing that predators including BT are circling internet services provider Pipex. Shares in the company rose on the rumour that a takeover was under way and a big shareholder had been bought out. About 30m shares, 1.3% of the company, were sold..........

...........City sources say BskyB, scared of being left behind in internet-based television broadcasting, could be in the frame for Pipex. It is also suggested Pipex could be planning a merger with another internet player, Fasthosts.

http://www.thebusinessonline.com/St...ectionID=8099C021-87B0-48CA-A5F1-6335FDE21694

If Pipex did buy Fasthosts what would happen to Nominet ?

Maybe BT will save the day ? they own the UK internet anyway !

 

[netserve]

Maybe BT will save the day ? they own the UK internet anyway !

They own a significant part of the internet access network in the UK (Even the LLU kit is held within BT owned buildings) but to be fair they don't play that significant a roll in the real 'internet' in the UK.

 

[Whois-Search]

Ok going on the basis that:

Pipex owns spectrum rights for wi-max

Pipex bought Hosteurope (including 123-reg.co.uk)

Both Pipex and Fasthosts voted "No" at the Nominet EGM

A large Pipex shareholder just sold up

Pipex just bought Caudwell Communications (Homecall VOIP)

Then.......

What if Pipex buys Fasthosts - the Nominet number 2 ?

Then.....

What if BT or BskyB bought Pipex ?

They would have control of Nominet and have enough "power" to bid for things like ENUM - not to mention what they could do with wi-max or voip

 

[fred]

If Pipex did buy Fasthosts what would happen to Nominet ?

Suerly if one buys the other, then the memberships would be linked/merged and they would actually get less votes due to the voting cap.

So in answer to your question... not much

 

[netserve]

Bear in mind anything like that is probably going to get referred to MMC so it could take months to complete and may not go through.

 

[Whois-Search]

Pipex pitches for rejected C&W SMEs:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/28/pipex_cable/

 

[Beasty]

Suerly if one buys the other, then the memberships would be linked/merged and they would actually get less votes due to the voting cap.

So in answer to your question... not much

Don't Easily and NetNames have seperate votes within Nominet - even though the latter owns the former? Perhaps if the two companies remained as seperate legal entities - but if one owned the other - then they'd get twice the votes still? Anyone from Nominet know the answer to this one?

 

[SF]

I have heard they have also bought my old company I used to work for - BusinessServe.co.uk - Legend.co.uk.

 

[Whois-Search]

Ofcom lets Pipex place net calls on mobiles
By Tony Glover
02 April 2006


INTERNET service provider Pipex, which has a market value of £340m (E493m, $609m) and is being circled by predators thought to include BT, last week became an even more desirable acquisition.



http://www.thebusinessonline.com/St...ectionID=F3B76EF0-7991-4389-B72E-D07EB5AA1CEE

 

[retired_member16]

There is no news being banded around here at Pipex towers.

Dont expect much to happen soon.