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A new report from market analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) has perhaps stated the obvious by concluding that the recent UK mega broadband and mobile merger between O2<\/a> and Virgin Media<\/a> is “unlikely to trigger a chain reaction of mergers<\/em>,” which is because there “simply aren’t many easy or credible deal options left<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

One thing that helped to fuel both of the recent mega mergers -particularly between BT<\/a> and EE<\/a>, and then O2<\/a> and Virgin Media<\/a> – is that both sides had built their own independent mobile and fixed line networks. Suffice to say that such mergers can deliver a lot of flexibility in terms of converged products, cost efficiencies and network developments for consumers.<\/p>\n

The catch is that there aren’t many options left at the top end of the UK telecoms market for big players to merge in the same way. BI believes that Vodafone<\/a> and Sky (Sky Broadband<\/a>, Mobile and TV) may consider combining to create a third infrastructure-based converged-player, but Vodafone<\/a>’s enterprise-customer bias could be problematic, and Sky’s parent company, US-based Comcast, has more pressing domestic issues to tackle.<\/p>\n

Instead, BI expects that Vodafone<\/a> might therefore look again at the now privately-held TalkTalk<\/a> to help boost scale in the broadband market and improve full-fibre economics. Except neither Sky Broadband<\/a>, nor TalkTalk<\/a>, have their own physical consumer fixed line infrastructure networks (i.e. they take wholesale services from Openreach<\/a>, CityFibre<\/a> and others etc.), but they do have large customer bases in broadband and TV.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, BI said that mobile carrier Three UK<\/a> looks set to continue with its go-it-alone strategy, following the merger with its Irish sibling in early 2020. We think this might work out well for them on the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) front, since there are fewer conflicts of interest for providers seeking to add mobile than with the bigger merged players.<\/p>\n

However, BI states that a “midterm deal between Sky and VMO2 to create a communications behemoth can’t be ruled out<\/em>,” although at this stage that looks a little unlikely. BI also “expects that interest in ITV is likely low, but it could still be a long term fit for BT<\/a> or [VMO2]<\/em>,” but that’s a bit of a different market and lately BT<\/a> has been trying to get out of the broadcasting side (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Matthew Bloxham, BI’s Senior Analyst for Technology, Media and Internet, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Our analysis highlights that there aren’t many more UK telecom deals that make much strategic sense. Out of the deal possibilities we have identified, only a combination of Sky and Vodafone could rival the synergy opportunity created by the merger of Virgin Media<\/a> and O2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cash-flow generation capacity is becoming more important as investment demands increase to build full-fibre and 5G<\/a> networks. Acquiring TalkTalk<\/a> may have given Vodafone better negotiating leverage with full-fibre infrastructure platforms such as Openreach<\/a> and CityFibre<\/a>, but the synergy prize would’ve been small. TalkTalk has already significantly cut operating costs.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mind you, it’s worth starting to consider the prospects for future mergers or take-overs in the mid-range of the market, such as between new network infrastructure players like CityFibre<\/a>, and Sky Broadband<\/a>, TalkTalk or even Hyperoptic<\/a> etc. The sheer number of altnets in the fixed line full fibre game right now suggests that there will be a lot more consolidation to come further down the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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