Nice rises Friday and today,after being tipped up by Money Week magazine ,with first half sales up 86%,and a cheaper Broadband bundle than Car Phone warehouse,a forward p/e of 15.4 and a likely takeover target seems the one to be on in a guarateed consolidating sector.

don't have one though i know BR are a subsidiary of some other investment company or bank - can't remember which ...... if so, the parent may have a declarable interest and hence the requirement

Part of the Merrill Lynch set up following a recent merger if I recall correctly

Their homepage
http://www2.blackrock.com/global/home/AboutUs/index.htm

someone wants our shares,big time.

why? not much impact on the sp is it ?

You might like this snippet from the Mail on Sunday-Mark Joseph the telecoms specialist from UBS INV BANK,who hasn't found a buyer for PIPEX,has become an employee of MR DUBENS,he is to run a private equity firm,concentrating on buyouts,and using the seed capital of 103 million Dubens raised when he sold 365media to BSBY SKY,Joseph is quite a catch he handled the 19 billion restructuring of cable firm NTL before its merger with TELEWEST and sold the ONE-TEL PHONE network owned by CENTRICA to the CAR PHONE WAREHOUSE: The one question you ask with all those credentials behind him surely the sale of PIPEX should be within he's capabilities.??????/? jim

BEEN IN THIS SINCE 2003 SO SHOWING A GOOD PROFIT AFTER A MW TIP.

I cant see it falling through the hoop but its looking very tired right now.

Whisper of a re jigged bid, without WIMAX,does anybody want wimax?????-WHISPER from Goldman Sachs ? PLENTY getting out?

Im thinking about ditching these. If it turns out the sale is off the table I can see them tumbling quite substantially. Any thoughts anyone?

too much rumour, but had understood ages ago that WiMax was always going to be a separate entity to sell off

Mr Dubens the main man still hugely invested?

i'm out...had enough of this crap!

Know what you mean maestro.been thinking about doing the same recently but will hold for a while longer this released this morning..

7 May 2007

Pipex Communications plc

Launch of WiMAX service in Warwick


Pipex Communications plc, (PXC), a major provider of integrated
telecommunications and internet solutions including broadband, voice, domain
name registrations and hosting, is pleased to announce that Pipex Wireless'
second commercial trial of WiMAX services is set to go live in Warwick. Working
with National Grid Wireless, Warwick District Council and Intel(R) Solutions
Services, the trial will launch at the European Cup Race Walking Championships,
where press, competitors and spectators will have access to high-speed wireless
broadband.

As the UK's first wireless solutions provider to launch WiMAX services, Pipex
Wireless will initially deliver services to Warwick District Council and
subsequently approach businesses and home-users in the Warwick trial area over
the next six months.

Mike Read, Chief Executive Officer, commented,

'We are delighted to be providing our WiMAX services in Warwick. Following the
early success of trials in Milton Keynes, we are excited about being able to
offer high speed wireless broadband to other forward thinking towns and cities.
The event in Warwick provides the ideal setting for launching our wireless
services in the area. As we develop the service further, we'll be inviting local
businesses and home users to take part in the trial to make wireless broadband a
reality.'

Chris Elliott, Chief Executive of Warwick District Council, said,

'I am delighted that our innovative approach to technology and transformation
agenda has attracted Pipex Wireless to our town. We look forward to developing
the trial with Pipex Wireless and extending the benefits of wireless broadband
to our community.'

Pipex Wireless will be demonstrating WiMAX powered internet access with laptop
manufacturer, rock, during the European Cup Race Walking event. The European
Cup Race Walking Championships are being held in Victoria Park, Warwick, on
19-20 May. For more information about the event, please visit

Crikey.
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Crikey Mosses !

Maestro... loook what you've done... you sold and it goes up next day ?!

probably won't last long as it allways retraces... hopefully though, it might be different this time...

Crikey, it doesn't say much for PXC if BT have all that money and prefers to do a share buyback rather than buy PXC !

"BT Group said this morning it would spend 2.5bn on share buybacks in the next two years.
The UK telecoms company unveiled stronger-then-expected fiscal full-year results"

PXC must be a lame duck!

Im out on the rise today. Good luck all holders.

skyhigh .... complete non-sequitur

actually, have just been advised that today's rise is due to Tiscali formally announcing at least preliminary interest in buying .... no doubt an rns will appear during the course of the day

MILAN, May 17 (Reuters) - Italy's Tiscali is looking to expand in Italy and the United Kingdom and is reviewing a dossier on Pipex Communications a British peer that has put itself up for sale.
"Italy and the UK are the regions we are looking at," Tiscali Chief Financial Officer Massimo Cristofori told reporters on the sidelines of an event.
"We are in a very preliminary stage, Pipex has started the procedure of an eventual sale and it has sent us their dossier," he said.

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