VodafoneZiggo
Dutch telecommunications company
- Vodafone
- Ziggo
Utrecht
, Netherlands
Area served
Key people
- Vodafone (50%)
- Liberty Global (50%)
- Vodafone Group
- Liberty Global
- Vodafone Netherlands (100%)
- Ziggo (100%)
VodafoneZiggo Group B.V. is a Dutch joint venture between Vodafone Group Plc and Liberty Global Plc, announced in February 2016,[1][2][3] approved by the European Commission in August 2016[4] and completed in December 2016.[5][6][7][8]
VodafoneZiggo is headquartered in Utrecht.[9]
Leadership
After the founding, Jeroen Hoencamp was appointed CEO of VodafoneZiggo since 2016.[10][11][12] Hoencamp was previously CEO of Vodafone Ireland since 2010.[13] He remains CEO as of 2019.[14]
Vodafone Netherlands
- In 1995, Libertel was founded.
- In 1995, BelCompany was also founded.
- In 1999, Libertel went public, and renamed to Vodafone Libertel in 2000.
- In 2003, Vodafone acquired Vodafone Libertel.
- In 2004, mITE Systems was founded.[15]
- In 2011, Vodafone Libertel bought BelCompany.
- In 2012, Vodafone Libertel acquired Telespectrum Telecommunicatie.
- In 2015, Vodafone Libertel acquired mITE Systems.
- In December 2016, Vodafone Libertel became a subsidiary of VodafoneZiggo.
Ziggo
- In 1970, Casema was founded (cable television provider, later including internet and telephone services over cable).
- In 1984, Multikabel was founded (cable television provider, later including internet service over cable).
- In 1996, @Home Network was founded (internet service provider), later known as Essent Kabelcom.
- In 1998, UPC Nederland was founded. (cable and internet service provider).
- Warburg Pincus and Cinven bought Multikabel in 2005,[16][17] and Casema and @Home in 2006.
- In 2008, Ziggo was created by merging Casema, Multikabel, and @Home.
- In 2012, Ziggo went public on.
- In 2014, Liberty Global acquired Ziggo.
- In 2015, Ziggo merged with UPC Nederland.
- In December 2016, Ziggo became a subsidiary of VodafoneZiggo.
References
- ^ Alex Scroxton (February 16, 2016). "Vodafone and Liberty Global to merge in Netherlands". Computer Weekly. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ Andrew Trotman, Kate Palmer (February 16, 2016). "Vodafone and Liberty Global announce Dutch tie-up". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ "Liberty Global and Vodafone to merge their Dutch operations". Vodafone. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ "Vodafone, Liberty Global welcome merger clearance". Advanced Television. August 4, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ Avery, Greg; Harden, Mark (December 31, 2016). "Liberty Global Completes $3.7B Netherlands Joint-Venture Deal With Vodafone". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ "Liberty Global and Vodafone complete Dutch joint venture, creating a fully-converged national communications operator" (PDF). VodafoneZiggo. 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Liberty Global and Vodafone complete Dutch JV". markets.ft.com. Financial Times. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ^ "Liberty Global and Vodafone complete Dutch joint venture, creating a fully-converged national communications operator". www.vodafone.com. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ^ "VodafoneZiggo Group Holding B.V." Company.Info (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ^ "VodafoneZiggo van start". Broadband TV Nieuws (in Dutch). 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "VodafoneZiggo opent hoofdkantoor in Hoog Catharijne". www.channelweb.nl (in Dutch). 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "VodafoneZiggo to open central office in Utrecht". vodafoneziggo.nl. 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "New Vodafone Irish chief is named". RTE.ie. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "PSV doet mee aan grote 5G-test in Eindhoven". www.channelweb.nl (in Dutch). 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Hoofdkantoor mITE Systems B.V.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
- ^ "Multikabel verkocht aan investeerder". Algemeen Dagblad. 6 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
- ^ "Multikabel verkocht aan investeerder | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl". www.nu.nl. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
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