Telenet (provider)
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Telenet Group N.V. is the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium. Its business comprises the provision of analog and digital cable television, fixed and mobile telephone services, primarily to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels. In addition, Telenet offers services to business customers all across Belgium and in Luxembourg under its brand Telenet Solutions.
Company type | Naamloze vennootschap |
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Euronext Brussels: TNET
BEL 20 component | |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | Mechelen, Belgium |
Key people | John Porter (CEO), Bert De Graeve (Chairman) |
Products | Cable television Broadband Internet Fixed telephony Mobile telephony |
Revenue | €2.429 billion (2016)[1] |
€485 million (2016)[1] | |
€42 million (2016)[1] | |
Total assets | €5.007 billion (2016)[1] |
Total equity | €1.207 billion (2016)[1] |
Owner | Liberty Global |
Number of employees | 3,387 (FTE, end 2016)[1] |
Website | www |
Telenet was purchased in 2000 by Dick Callahan's telecommunications holding company, Callahan Associates International,[2] in a deal valued at $969 million at the time.[3]
Since 11 October 2005, Telenet was listed on the Euronext stock exchange under the ticker TNET, until it was acquired by Liberty Global on October 16 2023.[4]