VOO

This article is about the telecommunications company. For other uses, see Voo.

VOO
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedApril 2006; 18 years ago (April 2006)
Services
OwnerOrange Belgium
Websitehttp://www.voo.be/en/

VOO (/vuː/) is the commercial name of the Belgian cable company created by the Economic Interest Group (EIG) of Brutélé GIE in (Brussels Region and Charleroi Region) and Association Liégeoise d'Electricité (A.L.E.- Télédis), but came to be controlled by Nethys SA and Brutélé SCRL[1][2] until 2023.

Then two companies together bought eight Walloon cable companies (Igeho, Inatel, Intermosane, Seditel, Simogel, Telelux, Interest-Interost et Ideatel), and the EIG constitutes today the primary cable operator in Wallonia and a part in the Brussels Region. It offers mobile telephony using the Telenet network.[3]

In November 2021, Orange Belgium is now chosen to take over the company, winning against Telenet. A board meeting of Enodia was held on 14 December to validate or reject the decision of the board of Nethys. Thereafter, it will take several months for Orange Belgium to obtain the approval of the Competition Council and the European Commission,[4] which must announce its decision by 6 December 2022.[5]

On 5 June 2023, the Belgian unit of the French company completed the acquisition of the controlling stake in VOO.[6]

  1. ^ "ALE-Télédis et Brutélé deviennent VOO". www.dhnet.be. 30 March 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Company contact details - VOO". www.voo.be. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. ^ McDonald, Andrew (6 February 2018). "Telenet and VOO agree Belgian MVNO deal". Digital TV Europe.
  4. ^ "Nethys choisit Orange pour le rachat de Voo". Le Soir (in French). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ Kabelka, Laura (29 July 2022). "La Commission enquête sur le projet de rachat de VOO et Brutélé par Orange en Belgique". www.euractiv.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Orange Belgium completes VOO acquisition". DCD. Retrieved 30 July 2023.