Tiscali prepare for Fourplay with the launch of mobile services
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Anything Toucan do…
Broadband ISP, telco and IPTV supplier Tiscali are all set to add another ace to their already impressive hand – mobile phone services. After the acquisition of ISP Toucan last summer, Tiscali also inherited the Toucan mobile service, which piggybacks on the T-Mobile network.
This should certainly give the competition something to think about, especially Virgin Media, who have been able to comfortably claim the title of the UK’s sole quad play provider. BT, which currently leads the UK broadband market and Sky, undoubtedly keen to built on the success of See Speak Surf in 2008, should also have pause for thought. Mobile-and-broadband suppliers Orange and O2 are both thought to be rolling out IPTV in the UK this year – news of Tiscali moving in on their home turf cant be welcome.
Tiscali are thought to be planning on launching the mobile phone service in the UK in the last quarter of 2008 – Tiscali chief executive Mary Turner was quoted in The Telegraph saying: “The assessment is not if, it is who and when. The business case has already been approved by the board.”
