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===Reorganisation=== In October 2003 Pipex was acquired by [[GX Networks]] plc, which retained the Pipex name by renaming itself Pipex Communications plc.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Richardson|first1=Tim|title=GX Networks to buy Pipex for Β£55m|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/03/gx_networks_to_buy_pipex/|access-date=12 January 2015|work=The Register|date=3 October 2003}}</ref> In September 2006, Pipex purchased Toucan from [[IDT Corporation|IDT Telecom]] for Β£24 million, and [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable & Wireless]]' Bulldog Broadband for Β£12 million.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sherriff|first1=Lucy|title=Pipex snaps up Toucan, Bulldog|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/07/pipex_toucan_bulldog/|access-date=13 January 2015|work=The Register|date=7 September 2006}}</ref> Pipex sold its home broadband business and the rights to use the Pipex name to Tiscali UK in July 2007 for Β£210 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tiscali buys Pipex broadband unit|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6897687.stm|access-date=12 January 2015|work=BBC News|date=13 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wray|first1=Richard|title=Tiscali moves up the broadband scale with Pipex's customers|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/14/business.newmedia|access-date=13 January 2015|work=The Guardian|date=14 July 2007}}</ref> As a consequence, Pipex Wireless was renamed Freedom4 in October 2007,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Meyer|first1=David|title=Pipex Communications becomes GX Networks|url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/pipex-communications-becomes-gx-networks/|access-date=13 January 2015|work=ZDNet|date=10 March 2008}}</ref> followed by Pipex Business in February 2008 which was renamed [[Vialtus]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Christopher|title=Pipex Business calls in the strategy boutique|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/01/pipex_business_rebranding/|access-date=12 January 2015|work=The Register|date=1 February 2008}}</ref> Pipex Communications reverted to the GX Networks name in March 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Turner|first1=Brian|title=Pipex renamed GX Networks|url=http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2008/03/05/pipex-renamed-gx-networks/|access-date=13 January 2015|work=Techwatch|date=5 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nixon|first1=Dave|title=Previous divisions of Pipex group become GX Networks|url=http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2008/03/09/previous-divisions-of-pipex-group-become-gx-networks/|access-date=13 January 2015|work=Techwatch|date=9 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309133611/http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2008/03/05/pipex-renamed-gx-networks/|archive-date=9 March 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Freedom4 agreed to purchase Vialtus and Daisy Group in July 2009, performing a [[reverse takeover]] of Daisy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Freedom4 confirms Daisy and Vialtus acquisitions|url=http://www.microscope.co.uk/news/2240152479/Freedom4-confirms-Daisy-and-Vialtus-acquisitions|access-date=13 January 2015|work=Microscope|date=1 July 2009}}</ref> The former Pipex residential business, as part of Tiscali, was integrated into [[TalkTalk Group|TalkTalk]] when Tiscali UK was itself acquired by TalkTalk's parent [[The Carphone Warehouse]] in 2009.
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