{"id":14343,"date":"2017-07-25T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=14343"},"modified":"2017-07-25T16:43:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T15:43:45","slug":"moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html","title":{"rendered":"Moody&#8217;s Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The on-off possibility of an asset swap between cable operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> in the United Kingdom has once again been reignited after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moodys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moody&#8217;s Investors Service<\/a>, which provides credit ratings and risk analysis to the market, predicted that the two &#8220;<em>could eventually agree<\/em>&#8221; on a deal.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On the surface such a deal has always seemed to make sense. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> is strong in Mobile but their penetration into the fixed line market is still dependent upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/adsl\">ADSL<\/a> infrastructure, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> (Liberty Global) is spending \u00a33bn to extend their ultrafast cable (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/docsis\">DOCSIS<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) broadband and TV network to 60-65% of UK premises but their Mobile (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> MVNO) platform is dependent upon arch rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Talks over the possibility of a mega merger or partial asset swap were first confirmed in June 2015 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/06\/vodafone-and-virgin-media-uks-parent-liberty-global-confirm-talks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>), although such a large deal would have created many complicated financial (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>&#8217;s tax situation is tedious) and regulatory problems. In the end no deal could be reached but both sides left the door open to future discussions (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/09\/no-deal-as-vodafone-and-liberty-global-talks-collapse.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Since then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> has signed a new MVNO deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> for their Mobile platform and Vodafone has shelved plans for their own Pay TV (IPTV) service. On top of that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s Strategic Review has forced various changes upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> are now pondering a much wider-scale deployment of &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>\/H) broadband across the United Kingdom (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/openreach-start-consultation-plan-large-scale-fttp-full-fibre-rollout.html\">here<\/a>). Not forgetting the added complexity of Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>We suspect that Vodafone would be keen to see how some of these changes impact their market before making any solid decisions. Nevertheless Moody&#8217;s expects to see further convergence, with the usual suspects all being named.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Gunjan Dixit, Moody&#8217;s VP and Senior Credit Officer, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many UK fixed-line operators have ventured into convergence through collaboration rather than M&amp;A, but some could soon follow in the footsteps of BT&#8217;s acquisition of Everything Everywhere in 2016 and seek opportunities for consolidation.<\/p>\n<p>Vodafone Group Plc (Baa1 stable) and Virgin&#8217;s parent Liberty Global plc (Ba3 stable) could eventually agree on an asset swap involving their UK and German businesses or even a full consolidation of their European operations. Telefonica S.A. (Baa3 stable) may conduct an IPO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> but it could sell the UK unit instead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In a maturing broadband and TV market, it will become harder for companies to raise prices and grow their net customer base without further strengthening their suite of differentiated bundled offerings and their marketing efforts. This challenge is starting to feed through to weaker operating results for key players, such as Virgin Media Inc. (Ba3 stable), British Telecommunications Plc (Baa1 negative), Sky plc (Baa2 developing) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> (unrated).&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As Vodafone&#8217;s CEO, <strong>Vittorio Colao<\/strong>, said earlier this year, &#8220;<em>It is still an attractive combination. The deal is not on the table. But &#8230; it\u2019s an interesting project. If Europe wants the creation of real alternatives to incumbents [like BT, then] Vodafone and Liberty are the only two guys in town<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In fairness a mix of Virgin Media and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> could also work, but Vodafone has already done a merger with Liberty Global (Ziggo) in the Netherlands and that makes something similar in the UK seem viable. However, aside from the periodic rumours of secret talks, we&#8217;ve yet to hear of any official discussions or agreements.<\/p>\n<p>So for now it&#8217;s all a just few puffs of smoke, but no fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The on-off possibility of an asset swap between cable operator Virgin Media and Vodafone in the United Kingdom has once again been reignited after the Moody&#8217;s Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and risk analysis to the market, predicted that the two &#8220;could eventually agree&#8221; on a deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[472,475,96],"class_list":["post-14343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-business","tag-virgin-media","tag-vodafone"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Moody&#039;s Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The on-off possibility of an asset swap between cable operator Virgin Media and Vodafone in the United Kingdom has once again been reignited after the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moody&#039;s Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The on-off possibility of an asset swap between cable operator Virgin Media and Vodafone in the United Kingdom has once again been reignited after the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-25T15:42:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-25T15:43:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"Moody&#8217;s Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-25T15:42:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-25T15:43:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html\"},\"wordCount\":590,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Business\",\"Virgin Media\",\"Vodafone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html\",\"name\":\"Moody's Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-25T15:42:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-25T15:43:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"The on-off possibility of an asset swap between cable operator Virgin Media and Vodafone in the United Kingdom has once again been reignited after the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Moody&#8217;s Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Moody's Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible - ISPreview UK","description":"The on-off possibility of an asset swap between cable operator Virgin Media and Vodafone in the United Kingdom has once again been reignited after the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Moody's Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible - ISPreview UK","og_description":"The on-off possibility of an asset swap between cable operator Virgin Media and Vodafone in the United Kingdom has once again been reignited after the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2017-07-25T15:42:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-07-25T15:43:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"Moody&#8217;s Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible","datePublished":"2017-07-25T15:42:09+00:00","dateModified":"2017-07-25T15:43:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html"},"wordCount":590,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"keywords":["Business","Virgin Media","Vodafone"],"articleSection":["ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html","name":"Moody's Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-07-25T15:42:09+00:00","dateModified":"2017-07-25T15:43:45+00:00","description":"The on-off possibility of an asset swap between cable operator Virgin Media and Vodafone in the United Kingdom has once again been reignited after the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/moodys-predicts-virgin-media-vodafone-uk-asset-swap-still-possible.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Moody&#8217;s Predicts Virgin Media and Vodafone UK Asset Swap is Still Possible"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}