Sky buys O2's UK broadband accounts

Sky is to become the UK’s second-largest broadband provider after agreeing a deal today to buy rival O2’s half a million customer accounts.

Sky buys O2's UK broadband accounts

Sky is to become the UK’s second-largest broadband provider after agreeing a deal today to buy rival O2’s half a million customer accounts.

The satellite broadcaster, which has built a business with 4.2 million broadband customers since 2006, will pay O2 owner Telefonica £180m for the O2 and BE consumer broadband and home phone businesses.

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