"Telefónica koopt KPN's E-Plus"

Update 17:05 uur: KPN bevestigt dat er wordt gepraat, zie hier de Bloomberg-headlines

Boem, daar gaat KPN. Reden? Hieronder ziet u de voorpagina van Financial Times. Dat zegt genoeg. Ik citeer een paar alinea's:

"Telefónica is in advanced talks about a deal to buy E-Plus, KPN’s German operations, in a deal that would value the combined entity at €16bn. The deal could may be announced as soon as today. The details of the deal are still being negotiated, according to two people close to the situation."

"One person cautioned that there was no certainty of a deal being struck although talks were progressing. Board meetings are said to be taking place this afternoon. Under one structure being discussed, Telefónica would buy E-Plus from KPN, which in turn would get a small stake in Telefónica Deutschland, two people close to the situation said."

FT zegt dat #Telefonica, #KPN 's Duitse dochters gaat overnemen. KPN koers spiked, want FT geruchten kloppen vaak.

— corne van zeijl (@beursanalist) July 22, 2013

Nu maar hopen dat het waar is en doorgaat, zodat er zonder die Duitsers eindelijk weer gelachen kan worden bij KPN :-)