 It was rumoured that before this sale, another large telecommunications giant had offered three to four times as much a year earlier and that by holding out for more money, the LineOne management missed the boat.At the time of acquisition, LineOne had 1.85 million subscribers, though the number of active users was probably around the 800,000 mark at the time.In June 2009, The UK operations of Tiscali were sold to TalkTalk Group, part of The Carphone Warehouse plc.