Broadband and Me

Telewest Merger possibility?

BBC NEWS | Business | Telewest signs debt-swap deal

The spectre of more consolidation rears its head! While I think that having stable competition in all three (?) product markets the cable companies work in is good, I am still not sure of the validity of merging ntl and Telewest or even whether that truely is on the agenda. The discussion as to whether this will happen has been going on for years (ever since I started working for CabelTel - the original cable company that became ntl) but would it be good for customers, consumers in general, employees or the business remains to be seen. Certainly there is a warming because of the situation of the two companies and the overt presence of Shareholder(s), the Huffs. At an operational and marketing level though ntl are two very different beasts, despite their fairly mutual technology and product set.

Its something to keep an eye on.