According to press reports in the United Kingdom, NTL is moving closer to agreeing a deal to takeover Virgin Mobile in a 961 million British pounds ($1.7 billion) deal. The combination would make NTL able to offer a quadruple play of services — TV, telephony, broadband and mobile. Talks have resumed between the two parties with a deal looking increasing likely, according to reports

NTL competes vigorously against satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB, whose pending acquisition of Easynet will enable it to be much more of a force in the triple-play market and compete against NTL across the board.