Iliad-UPC tie-up will make Poland a market to watch

Iliad is making good on its ambitions to enter the Polish fixed-line market, making an offer for number two player UPC worth the best part of US$2 billion.
The announcement of talks between Iliad and UPC parent Liberty Global almost went unnoticed, coming at the back end of last week amidst results presentations from both companies and the revelation that the French company’s owner Xavier Niel is looking to take it private. Liberty Global and Iliad both disclosed that the latter has submit