Speculation persists that one-time small phone company Kingston Communications, which started as a telephone company in the UK city of Hull and grew in the great technology boom into 6 operating divisions, may soon be broken up.
The division which most international broadcasting people know about is satellite division Kingston inmedia, specialising in enterprise, broadcast and Internet solutions to business customers. The other divisions include business services, call centre operations and local UK operations such as broadband and directories.
CEO Steve Maine was suddenly sacked recently, and the CEO-designate Malcolm Fallen is in believed to be in favour of a breakup. Likely purchasers of the UK-based bits of the business include UK telecoms operator Thus, IT services and telecoms provider Energis and communications specialist Colt Communications. Perhaps Kingston inmedia, being so internationally-based, will be a target for a buyer already in the international broadcasting field.