Converged broadband, video and mobile communications services company Liberty Global has announced its Q2 2022 financial results. CEO Mike Fries stated, “Despite an increasingly difficult macroeconomic environment developing throughout the second quarter, demand for connectivity remains high and we are well positioned to execute on our strategic and financial goals. In each of our core […]
Liberty Global, the multinational telco, has published its Q1 2022 financial results. CEO Mike Fries stated: “First, our thoughts go out to all those impacted by the war in Ukraine. I’m very proud of our operations and employees across Liberty Global for their devoted efforts to support those in need. While we all hope for […]
Nearly three million Liberty Global customers in Poland and the Netherlands are to receive a free upgrade to the Intelligent WiFi services, providing them with the fastest and most stable connections for all their devices. The upgraded services are being rolled out in partnership with the SaaS experience platform provider, Plume. Liberty Global has invested […]
Liberty Global has announced the formation of a new Liberty Global Response Fund intended to help employees and their families who have been significantly affected by the Covid-19 crisis. The programme will be funded initially by Liberty’s executive leadership team and board of directors who will donate $2 million out of their remaining 2020 salaries […]
Vodafone reports converged offers in markets where it merged with Liberty Global last year have added over 10 per cent to revenue. Excluding the VodafoneZiggo JV with Liberty Global in the Netherlands, Vodafone had 24.7 million fixed broadband customers, including 21 million ‘next-gen network’ customers, seven million converged customers and 22 million TV customers in […]
The European Commission has given its final approval of the sale of Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic to Vodafone Group. The transaction, announced May 9th 2018, has a total enterprise value of approximately €19 billion. All regulatory conditions now are met in alignment with the original terms and the […]
Liberty Global’s Connect Box, a modem and WiFi gateway that offers fast and reliable fixed and WiFi internet connectivity, is now in more than 10 million homes across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. The state-of-the-art router has now been rolled out to more than half of Liberty Global’s broadband customers in Europe. The box, […]
In a transaction that it says accelerates its converged communications strategy through in-market consolidation in its largest market, Germany, and in its Central and Eastern European (CEE) markets, Vodafone has agreed to acquire Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania for an enterprise value of €18.4 billion. This is expected to […]
Responding to recent press speculation regarding a potential transaction with international TV and broadband company Liberty Global, Vodafone has confirmed that it is in early stage discussions with Liberty Global regarding the potential acquisition of certain overlapping continental European assets owned by Liberty Global. In a Statement, the global telco said there was no certainty […]
The European General Court has annulled the planned merger of the UPC and Ziggo cable TV networks in the Netherlands, finding that the European Commission failed adequately to look into the impact of the merger on pay-TV sports channels. In 2014, the European Commission approved international cable operator Liberty Global’s acquisition of Dutch cable TV network […]