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Virgin, run by billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and
which has spanned mobile phones, airlines and music stores, is
studying ways break into the Spanish telecoms market and has
held talks with Yoigo's owners, the report said.
Virgin was not immediately available to comment, while
TeliaSonera and Yoigo declined to comment.
The Swedish telecoms group scrapped plans to sell Yoigo two
years ago, when it struggled to attract high enough bids.
Britain's Vodafone, seen at the time as a possible bidder, has
since acquired Spanish cable operator Ono.
Spain's telecoms market has recently been through a round of
consolidation, with France's Orange <ORAN.PA> also swooping on
broadband operator Jazztel.
A sale of Yoigo would likely fetch far less than the
multi-billion-euro Ono or Jazztel deals, however. In 2013 it had
been expected to go for around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion).
($1
= 0.8962 euros)
(Reporting by Sarah White; Additional reporting by Sarah Young
in London and Helena Soderpalm in Stockholm; Editing by Paul Day
and Mark Potter)
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