UK, Canada, France, Germany Telecomms

UK Cable

From www.uswitch.com

1. BT Group 9.3m Originally British Telecom.
   includes EE cable since 2016 and Plusnet founded in 1997 which was purchased by BT Group in 2007.
2. Sky Group 6.7m Cable and Satellite.
   Founded by Rupert Murdoch in 1990, sold by News Corp to Comcast in 2018.
3. Virgin Media 5.7m
   Started as Virgin Mobile by Richard Branson in 1999, merging with NTL and Telewest Cable in 2005, part of Liberty Global since 2013.
4. TalkTalk founded in 2003 by Carphone Warehouse (1989) 4.2m
5. Vodafone 1m

UK Wireless

From www.accenture.com

1. O2 (Virgin Media) 23.8m
   Founded as Cellnet in 1985, part of British Telecom until 2002 when it became O2, purchased by the Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica in 2006, merge with Virgin Media in June 2021.
2. EE (BT Group) 21m
   Founded in 2010 (Everything Everywhere) as a merge of Orange UK and T-Mobile UK. In 2016 merged into BT Group.
   • France
     Orange UK started in 1994, purchased by France Telecom in 2000.
   • Germany
     T-Mobile started in 1993 as one2one, purchased in 1999 by Deutsche Telekom, becoming T-Mobile in 2002.
3. Vodafone 18m founded in 1985
4. Three (Hutchison) Luxembourg 12m founded in 2003

Canada

Among Canada's biggest internet service providers (ISP) are

1. Bell Canada,
2. Rogers Communications,
3. Telus Internet,
4. and Shaw Communications—with the former two being the largest in Ontario, and the latter two dominating western provinces.

In April 2023 Shaw was acquired by Rogers Communications.

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