Home
Internet
Internet News
Verizon Says Unsure About Yahoo Deal

Verizon Says Unsure About Yahoo Deal

By Reuters | Updated: 6 January 2017 12:50 IST

Highlights

Yahoo came under renewed scrutiny after disclosing data breach
Verizon demanded better terms for its planned purchase
AOL CEO expects the Verizon-Yahoo deal to go through

A senior Verizon Communications Inc executive said on Thursday that the company was unsure about its planned acquisition of Yahoo Inc's Internet business.

Yahoo came under renewed scrutiny by federal investigators and lawmakers last month after disclosing the largest known data breach in history, prompting Verizon to demand better terms for its planned purchase.

"I can't sit here today and say with confidence one way or another because we still don't know," Marni Walden, president of product innovation and new businesses at Verizon, said at the Citi 2017 Internet, Media & Telecommunications Conference in Las Vegas.

Walden added that the merits of the deal still made sense and that there were certain aspects of the investigation that had yet to be completed.

(Also see: Yahoo Hack: Disclosure Lag Could Be a Simple Lack of Knowledge)

She did not provide a time-frame for the completion of the deal.

"We think it will take weeks at least, we don't have a desire to have it drag on forever, that's not our intent," Walden said.

However, AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong told CNBC that he expected the Verizon-Yahoo deal would likely go through. AOL was acquired by Verizon in 2015 for $4.4 billion.

Yahoo's shares were up 3.09 percent at $41.30, while Verizon's shares were relatively unchanged in late afternoon trading.

© Thomson Reuters 2016

Comments

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.

Further reading: Yahoo, Yahoo 2014 Hack, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Hack, Verizon, Cyber Attack, Internet, Yahoo Verizon Deal, Apps, Telecom, Cyber Security

Samsung Was Blunt About Its Bad Year as It Introduced New Products at CES 2017

Instagram Gets Better on iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus

Verizon Says Unsure About Yahoo Deal

Related Stories