Liberty Global
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Liberty Global, the US group that owns 50% of Virgin Media O2 in the UK, has bought a 4.92% in the Vodafone group. -
Liberty Broadband’s Alaskan operation, GCI, is expanding its fibre operations in the Arctic state with the aid of US$73 million in government grants.
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Liberty Global, Telefonica and InfraVia Capital Partners have formed a joint venture (JV) that will build a new fibre network in the UK via a £4.5 billion cash injection.
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Liberty Global has taken a significant step to upgrade its cable networks to deliver 10Gbps into its 85 million customers’ homes.
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The city of Dublin is planning to install 150 access points across the city for free OpenRoaming Wifi, after a successful trial.
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Juniper Networks has been selected by UPC Poland to provide a new 400G-ready network to power its international core infrastructure.
Forthcoming events
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Capacity Middle East 2024
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Iliad will be boosting its Polish presence with the acquisition of UPC Poland from Liberty Global in a deal worth $1.8 billion.
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French group Iliad, which majority owner Xavier Niel wants to take private, has offered to buy broadband operator UPC Poland from Liberty Global for €1.9 billion.
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Liberty Global and investment fund Digital Colony have created the AtlasEdge Data Centres joint venture, with the aim of establishing over 100 branded edge data centres across Europe.
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given final approval of the joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica to merge Virgin Media and O2.
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Sunrise UPC, the Swiss unit of Liberty Global that was acquired last year, is to cut 600 jobs by the end of next year.
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Millicom is now entirely a Latin American operator following today’s disposal of its last African interest, Tigo Tanzania.
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared the £31 billion proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2.
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UK cable company Virgin Media is trying out technology that could deliver 400Gbps on a single fibre to a range of customers.
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Two Alaskan towns with a total population of 7,100 are to get gigabit fibre broadband after Quintillion expands its coastal network.
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to review the proposed merger of Liberty Global and Telefonica’s mobile brands ahead of the country’s departure from the EU.
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Liberty Global has named the CEO and deputy CEO who are to take the helm following its acquisition of Sunrise Communications, which closed last week.
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The EU will soon confirm if the proposed merger between O2 and Virgin will be assessed by its Competition Commissioner or Britain's Competition and Markets Authority.
