Telenor has nominated René Obermann as new member of the Board of Directors of Telenor ASA, effective January 1, 2018.
German inexio acquires smart-DSL
German fibre-optic network operator inexio has taken over broadband provider smart-DSL GmbH based in Wiggensbach, Bavaria, effective July 31, 2017.
German Inexio to launch IPTV platform QUiX TV
German fibre-optic network operator Inexio wants to launch a multiscreen IPTV platform in autumn 2017, expanding its internet and telephony service into a triple play package.
Dirk Wössner to head Deutsche Telekom’s German business
Dr Dirk Wössner, previously responsible for consumer business at Rogers Communications in Canada, will join the management board of Deutsche Telekom on January 1, 2018.
Warburg Pincus enters Inexio, René Obermann heads board
Private equity company Warburg Pincus has acquired a majority stake in German fibre-optic network operator Inexio; the deal has now been finalised.
René Obermann joins Warburg Pincus
René Obermann, former CEO of Germany’s national telco Deutsche Telekom, will become managing director and partner of international private equity company Warburg Pincus.
Obermann to leave Ziggo in September
René Obermann, the former head of German telco Deutsche Telekom, will leave his CEO post at Ziggo in September 2014 at the latest, reports German news magazine Focus with reference to shareholder circles of the Dutch cable operator.
Obermann: “We should partner with OTT”
The new OTT challengers can be competors of the tradional cable operators, but they can also be partners.
UPC brand to disappear in the Netherlands
If LIberty Gobal’s bid to take over Dutch cable operator Ziggo ia successful, the UPC brand will disappear.
Ziggo to appoint René Obermann as CEO
Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann will become the CEO of Dutch cable operator Ziggo from January 1, 2014.