Reports indicate that Vodafone may be planning to make a partnership proposal to The Carphone Warehouse (AOL, TalkTalk), albeit only if Carphone were to gain control of Tiscali. Vodafone, which has so far failed to establish a significant presence in the UK ISP market, might then seek to drop BT as its broadband supplier:


The thisismoney report would be bad news for BT and it's outgoing CEO, Ben Verwaayen, whom will reveal the operators latest annual results on Thursday. Meanwhile Tiscali is to begin reviewing any interest for the sale of its broadband business today, which is expected to include a non-bidding bid from Carphone.