Last-minute jockeying for NTL

The runners are into the home straight in the €300million auction for cable operator NTL.

The runners are into the home straight in the €300million auction for cable operator NTL.

With the March 30 deadline for the submission of fully-funded bids just three days away, last-minute jockeying by the three parties involved in the bidding process is intense.

The winner of the prize, with its 344,000 television subscribers in Dublin, Galway and Waterford, should be announced in the next fortnight.

Amsterdam-based United GlobalCom (UGC) Europe is considered by ...