Vodafone has committed to launching consumer IoT this autumn, with the solution being trialled by the Group’s CEO Vittorio Colao as its Q1 results were revealed. The operator first promised a consumer IoT play last November. Vodafone will be relying on the experience of its enterprise IoT solution, which registered a 15.1 per cent year-on-year […]
International TV and broadband company Liberty Global has reported Q4 and Full Year results which reveal a European operating income of $683 million (€643m) and $558 million in Q4 2016 and Q4 2015, respectively, and $2.482 billion and $2.101 billion during full-year 2016 and 2015, respectively, representing increases of 22 per cent and 18 per […]
International TV and broadband company Liberty Global and telco Vodafone have completed their 50:50 joint venture – first announced in February 2016 – to form VodafoneZiggo Group Holding, which the pair say combines Ziggo’s fibre-rich broadband network with Vodafone’s market-leading mobile operation to create a stronger converged competitor in the Dutch market, delivering significant benefits […]
Vodafone Group and cable MSO Liberty Global have welcomed the conditional clearance by the European Commission of the two companies’ proposed merger of their operating businesses in the Netherlands to form a 50:50 joint venture. Following its Phase I investigation, the European Commission concluded that the transaction, as modified by the commitments offered by the […]
Vodafone Group and Liberty Global have announced their intention to appoint Jeroen Hoencamp as Chief Executive and Ritchy Drost as Chief Financial Officer of the two companies’ proposed 50‐50 joint venture business combining Vodafone Netherlands and Liberty Global’s broadband quad-play operator Ziggo. The merger is subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities. Jeroen Hoencamp […]
After months of ‘on-off’ speculation and recent confirmation that possible merger talks had recommenced, Liberty Global and Vodafone have confirmed they are to merge their Dutch operations in a 50-50 joint venture they say will create a national unified communications provider in the Netherlands with complementary strengths across video, broadband, mobile and B2B services. They […]
Liberty Global has reported financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31st 2015 for the Liberty Global Group and the LiLAC Group. Key highlights for the consolidated operations of Liberty Global plc for full-year 2015 Organic RGU additions of 870,000, including 344,000 in Q4, the best quarter of the year […]
Responding to heightened media speculation, Vodafone has confirmed it is in discussions with cable MSO Liberty Global (LG) regarding the creation of a joint venture in the Netherlands that would incorporate both companies’ local operating businesses. The telco says discussions are ongoing and do not extend beyond the creation of a joint venture in the […]
British multinational telco Cable & Wireless Communications CWC) and cable MSO Liberty Global have confirmed they are in discussions regarding a possible shares and cash offer for CWC. Under British takeover rules, the company has until November 19 to decide whether to make a formal bid for Cable & Wireless. In a regulatory Statement, CWC […]
Liberty Global is still considering a consolidation of Ziggo to expand in the Netherlands, after the operator had rejected its offer last month. “We clearly are looking long term about the possibility of a combination,” Liberty Global CFO Charles Bracken said at an investor conference in Barcelona. “There are clearly synergies, however Liberty is very […]