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Vodafone rejects iliad proposal to merge Italian businesses

January 31, 2024 12.59 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Vodafone has declined an offer from Xavier Niel’s iliad Group that would have seen a merger of the two companies.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Iliad, Iliad Group, Vodafone Edited: 31 January 2024 12:59

UPC becomes Play in Poland

August 31, 2023 12.56 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The legal merger of UPC Polska and P4 (Play) has taken place today (August 31).

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Iliad, P4, PLAY, Poland, UPC Edited: 31 August 2023 12:56

Free reaches 5m FTTH subs

July 18, 2023 10.27 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The French alternative operator Free passed the milestone of 5 million fibre subscribers in June.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: France, free, Iliad Edited: 18 July 2023 10:27

FTTH milestone for iliad

July 5, 2023 12.52 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Iliad’s FTTH coverage in Italy is now close to 10 million households.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: FttH, Iliad, Italy Edited: 5 July 2023 12:52

Cellnex takes over OnTower Poland

July 3, 2023 09.06 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Spain’s Cellnex has become the sole owner of the telco infrastructure company OnTower Poland.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Cellnex, France, Iliad, OnTower Poland, Poland, Spain Edited: 3 July 2023 09:06

iliad expands in Poland

June 6, 2023 10.38 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Poland’s Play Group, which is owned by iliad, has acquired the telco Syrion for an undisclosed fee.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: France, Iliad, PLAY, Poland, Syrian Edited: 9 June 2023 10:32

Poland’s Play introduces new generation TV

May 19, 2023 06.26 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Polish operator Play, which is part of iliad Group, has launched a new TV service available in two variants.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline Tagged With: Iliad, PLAY, Poland Edited: 22 May 2023 11:40

Iliad’s Play speeds up broadband project

April 2, 2023 19.19 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The creation of Poland’s largest fixed broadband network, providing over 6 million households with services in a wholesale access model, has moved a stage closer.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline Tagged With: Iliad, InfraVia, PLAY, Poland Edited: 4 April 2023 08:51

Polish progress for France’s iliad

March 16, 2023 12.54 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

iliad’s Polish operator Play gained 1.5 million new customers in 2022 thanks to its record quick integration with UPC Polska, which the company acquired from Liberty Global.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Iliad, PLAY, Poland, Redge Technologies, UPC Polska Edited: 16 March 2023 12:54

Free launches AVOD service

March 7, 2023 12.36 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Iliad Group’s Free has announced the launch of OQEE Ciné, its first AVOD service.

Filed Under: Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Platforms Tagged With: France, free, Iliad Edited: 7 March 2023 12:36

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