TalkTalk looks at £3 billion sale with Vodafone among potential suitors - Sky
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British broadband provider TalkTalk Telecom has heard tentative approaches about a potential Â£3 billion takeover - and Vodafone (VOD
+0.9%) is among those weighing an offer, Sky News reports.
Sky News parent Sky (CMCSA
+0.5%) is also taking a look, according to reports.

There are no formal offers yet, but TalkTalk is worth at least Â£3 billion (about $3.9 billion), according to founder/Chairman Sir Charles Dunstone and Toscafund, the fund that helped take the company private a year and a half ago. That go-private move valued TalkTalk around Â£1.8 billion including debt.
Whatever the outcome, a takeover would mean another step in consolidation of European broadband. BT's Openreach unit and CityFibre Holdings have each accelerated plans to deploy full fiber connections across the UK.