Telenet Group

Telenet Group N.V.
Company typeNaamloze vennootschap
Euronext Brussels: TNET
BEL 20 component
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1996
HeadquartersMechelen, Belgium
Key people
John Porter (CEO), Bert De Graeve (Chairman)
ProductsCable 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]
Number of employees
3,387 (FTE, end 2016)[1]
ParentLiberty Global
Websitetelenet.be

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.

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 Brussels stock exchange under the ticker TNET, until it was acquired by Liberty Global on October 16 2023.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2016". Telenet Group. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Callahan to Acquire A Stake in Telenet". The New York Times. Reuters. 30 May 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ Bryer, Amy (29 December 2002). "Callahan maintains a low profile". Denver Business Journal. Biz Journals. Archived from the original on 25 February 2003. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Liberty Global acquires 100% of Telenet following simplified squeeze-out". 16 October 2023.