Branson: VM may expand into utilities
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You don't think Branson might like to take on the Home Office as well?
Branson: VM may expand into utilities
Tuesday, February 13 2007, 11:31 GMT
By James Welsh, International Editor
Sir Richard Branson has indicated that Virgin Media may expand its quadplay offering to include utilities such as electricity, gas and water.
Virgin Media's largest individual shareholder told The Telegraph that "it might make sense for Virgin Media to finish off and sort out gas, electricity and water as well" with a unified billing structure, thereby permitting households to receive a single bill for all services.
"But I haven't spoken to anyone about it," he cautioned
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You don't think Branson might like to take on the Home Office as well?
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If you look at
http://www.virgin.com/home.aspx
There's currently a tonne of services they could bundle together with VM services.
But like i've said, RB is a very clever bloke, no wonder murdoch is worried.
Hmmm just been thinking, hasn't there been alot of talk recently on getting wireless networks up and running in cities. Wonder if VM could set up some wireless networks in towns covered by it's cable, allowing free access to it's BB/mobile subscribers while out of the house....
Richard... if you're reading this, i'll take 0.01% of all profits for the idea.. thanks
The whole country is gonna be virgin
Yep, it's Virgin On The Ridiculous;-)
Cheers,
jahboo
RB turns everything he touches in to a profitable country. He should buy out Npowerthey are a struggling company and turn them around like he does with everything else
Miracles he can perform - the impossible is beyond his reach!
Well hes going into space next year.
and i wouldnt say any gas company gives good service cos i have been with four and they all were rubbish
Rofl, nice one RB
This is virgin home Energy product was previously on the market, and ran by London Electricity Group.
People were receiving letters welcoming them to Virgin Home Energy after filling in what they thought was a survey about music and mobile phones was actually a contract.
In 2002, 14 salesmen were sacked after they were discovered by the BBC in a north London library with a copy of the electoral register, forging the signatures of dead constituents on energy supply contracts.
This is why his PR person he says is the highest paid because he done well to keep that quiet.
Profitable "country"?
Where did he say he wants to team up again with London Electricity/ London Energy/EDF, but even if he did are you suggesting EDF still use the same practices and methods as they did before or that Virgin Media is also in the habit of signing up dead people.
He did indeed learn his lesson which is why he took back the licence to use the Virgin name. Which is exactly what he also said in the interview so perhaps his PR didn't brief him well enough.
wonder if there is any chance he could take David moyes with him and leave him there ......... lol
Price hikes in the west coast rail line springs to mind...
Also has branson had the capability to shut down his competition? He tried with pepsi and Coke, he tried with Makeup etc.
An he uses someone that he says represents his company and then in an interview with Grazia Uma Thurman reveals: “I’m TV illiterate. I don’t rush home to watch anything”. Nice PR Branson
:rolleyes:
Do you think as Virgin Media customers, we should get discount on Virgin Holidays? That would set the Sky vs Virgin war straight lol
Wouldn't mind a discount fortnight on Necker Island;-). Not much chance of that though:(.
I wouldn't be surprised if the VM deal meant that other Virgin companies got good deals for advertising in return for offering discounts on their products exclusively to VM customers and vice versa a la Nectar card.
Cheers,
jahboo