BT Group secures massive wholesale scale with acquisition of TalkTalk and PlatformX
Key facts
- Buyer
- BT Group
- Target
- TalkTalk’s wholesale business and PlatformX Communications (PXC), controlling roughly 1 million wholesale broadband lines and a major slice of the UK Ethernet market.
- Exit route
- Trade sale
- Sector
- Tech and digital
- Region
- London
- Deal date
- 5 October 2026
Telecoms titan BT Group has finalized a major market consolidation deal by acquiring TalkTalk and its wholesale infrastructure arm PlatformX Communications (PXC). The transaction absorbs infrastructure controlling roughly one million wholesale broadband connections, significantly reshaping the UK’s telecommunications wholesale landscape.
Originally reported by ISPreview