We have received this from our suppliers regarding how the 'wholesale' arm of O2/Be is affected:
Telefonica have today announced the sale of the O2 Home Broadband and BE customer bases to Sky.
We would like to confirm that only the O2 Home Broadband and BE Consumer customers have been sold to Sky.
O2 Wholesale is being retained by Telefonica and will maintain its access to the network. We have been given clarification on the following from O2 Wholesale:
The deal is subject to regulatory approval
Sky will be taking over ownership and day to day operation of the LLU network
Sky will integrate the current ISAMs into their network
O2 Wholesale will become a customer of SKY with a wholesale agreement in place so that they can continue to provide wholesale services to partners as normal
That being said, we've asked for a more detailed clarification on the matter.
No more news regarding this, however it is to be considered business as usual regarding Be Wholesale lines.
We'll update this as and when we get updates, but from our point of view the service is unchanged.