Sunrise LLC

Sunrise
Native name
Sunrise GmbH
Company typeGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung[1]
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessordiAx, UPC Switzerland
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Headquarters
Opfikon, Switzerland
Key people
André Krause (CEO)
Thomas D. Meyer (Chairman of the Board)
Products
  • Landline & Mobile Telephony
  • Landline & Mobile Internet
  • Digital Television
  • IT Services & Networking Solutions
RevenueCHF1.887 billion (2019)[2]
OwnerLiberty Global
Number of employees
c. 1739 (2019)[2]
ASN
Traffic Levels100–200 Gbps[3]
Websitewww.sunrise.ch

Sunrise LLC[4] (formerly Sunrise UPC GmbH, before that Sunrise Communications AG), doing business as Sunrise,[5] is a Swiss telecommunications provider based in Zurich, owned by Liberty Global.[6] It provides mobile, TV and landline phone and internet services. Since February 2019, Sunrise headquarters are located at Thurgauerstrasse 101b, Glattpark Opfikon.[7] Formerly a subsidiary of TDC A/S, Sunrise had been owned by CVC Capital Partners until 2015. In February 2015, CVC realised an IPO on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Since then, Sunrise stocks are publicly traded at the Swiss Stock Exchange. In August 2020, Liberty Global announced that it will be acquiring Sunrise for $7.4 billion. The transaction was completed on November 11, 2020.[8]

  1. ^ Entry in the Zurich Trade Register
  2. ^ a b Sunrise Annual Report 2019. sunrise.ch
  3. ^ "PeeringDB".
  4. ^ "Sunrise Imprint".
  5. ^ "La marque UPC va disparaître au profit de Sunrise". Le Temps. 19 May 2022.
  6. ^ MarketScreener. "Liberty Global : Completes Acquisition of Sunrise Communications Group | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  7. ^ "Sunrise Communications Ag, Thurgauerstrasse 101b , HANDELSREGISTER-NR".
  8. ^ "Information about the announced acquisition of Sunrise by Liberty Global". www.upc.ch. Retrieved 2020-12-07.