Carphone Warehouse has won the auction to buy the UK's third-largest internet provider, AOL UK.
Carphone Warehouse, owner of the TalkTalk broadband and phone offering, was paying £370m for the operation.
AOL UK has 2.1 million customers across the country - 600,000 on dial-up and 1.5 million with broadband connections.
Carphone Warehouse, which runs the UK's largest chain of mobile phone stores, first moved into broadband in April.
It will be keeping the AOL name and the US firm's policy of charging customers.
AOL UK is being sold by its American parent company Time Warner.
Carphone Warehouse, owner of the TalkTalk broadband and phone offering, was paying £370m for the operation.
AOL UK has 2.1 million customers across the country - 600,000 on dial-up and 1.5 million with broadband connections.
Carphone Warehouse, which runs the UK's largest chain of mobile phone stores, first moved into broadband in April.
It will be keeping the AOL name and the US firm's policy of charging customers.
AOL UK is being sold by its American parent company Time Warner.