According to the Wall Street journal (blog, microblog) online reported, according to people familiar with the matter, because the company such as Alphabet to exit the bid for yahoo or some of its business, makes the telecommunications operator Verizon's bid for the success.
The exit of the company including time, Google parent Alphabet, comcast, AT&T, and IAC/InterActiveCorp. Among them, the era of the company think difficult to reverse the fate of yahoo is too big, so I gave up the bid.
, according to people familiar with the Verizon strength is abundant, the business's main rival bid for yahoo seems to be private equity firms, including bain capital and TPG capital and AnHong capital. Another private equity firm kohlberg kravis Roberts also intends to participate in the bid, but it is unclear whether the company can offer for yahoo on Monday.
Verizon hope video services and online advertising will become the next growth engine. , according to analysts at Verizon customer data on plans to smartphone with AOL or yahoo advertising inventory integration, create a online advertising technology platform, and Facebook, Google and other Internet giant competition.
At present, the market value of about $210 billion of Verizon, the cash reserves in the balance sheet at about $4.5 billion. Verizon intends to acquire yahoo declining network assets, then into the digital media business company set up soon, the latter including Verizon last year's $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL assets.
Independent technology analyst at Jane Dawson said: "for Verizon, it is unlikely to be a cheap deal. But the deal's strategic fit is very high, do not necessarily spend a lot of money."