Carphone "not seeking offers" for TalkTalk

The Carphone Warehouse have stated that they are not looking to sell off their TalkTalk telco business after the two demerge into separately listed entities next month.

The provider, which has grown into the largest ISP in the country via the acquisitions of AOL and Tiscali along with aggressive marketing and pricing tactics, is thought to be of interest to both Vodafone and Sky.

Finance director Roger Taylor made their intentions clear though

"We're not out there seeking offers for the (TalkTalk) business."

Which is worded carefully by the looks of it to emphasise that they might consider offers if they did come in - just that they're not soliciting them at the moment.

If Sky did buy them it would make them a truly huge provider with over 6m punters, but would no doubt face some very detailed regulatory scrutiny.