UPC Broadband is a Pan-European Communications company owned by Liberty Global and is active in several European countries providing bundled cable television, internet and telephone services. UPC was founded in the Netherlands, originally as United Philips Cable and later Pan-Europe Communications, before being bought out by Liberty Global.

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  • President and Chief Operating Officer of UPC Broadband, Gene M. Musselman
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  • as United Philips Cable, Netherlands
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  • President and Chief Operating Officer of UPC Broadband, Gene M. Musselman
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  • UPC Broadband is a Pan-European Communications company owned by Liberty Global and is active in several European countries providing bundled cable television, internet and telephone services. UPC was founded in the Netherlands, originally as United Philips Cable and later Pan-Europe Communications, before being bought out by Liberty Global. UPC serves about 6.6 million analogue cable television subscribers in 12 countries of Europe, and is the absolutely dominant provider in countries like the Netherlands, Ireland, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic. UPC has previously had operations in France, Sweden and Norway but these business units have been sold off. In Ireland, UPC have approximately 1,769,292 customers or 41.7%, In 2005, Liberty Global Europe bought the Romanian communications company Astral Telecom for $420 million, the Swiss communications company Cablecom for CHF2.8 billion, and the Slovenian communications company UPC Telemach for EUR71 million. In 2007 UPC Telemach also bought 66.7% of Ljubljanski kabel (major competition in Ljubljana) and grew its market share to 40% in Slovenia. Liberty Global's European operations is divided into two business units, UPC Broadband and Chello, or Chellomedia; which is also a very large media provider on the European continent. Companies in the UPC unit: Cablecom Switzerland UPC Austria UPC Belgium/Telenet UPC Czech Republic UPC Hungary UPC Ireland UPC Netherlands UPC Poland UPC Romania UPC Broadband Slovakia UPC Telemach Slovenia
  • A UPC Europe, ismertebb nevén United Pan-Europe Communications Európa legnagyobb kábeltelevízió-szolgáltatója. 100%-os tulajdonosa 2004 eleje óta az egyesült államokbeli Liberty Global nevű vállalat, amely a Föld vezető kábeltelevízió-szolgáltatójának számít. Európában 6,6 millió analóg előfizetővel rendelkezik. Domináns szerepű szolgáltatónak számít Hollandiában, Ausztriában, Szlovákiában, és Csehországban. 2005-ben a UPC Europe 420 millió amerikai dollárért felvásárolta az Astral Telecom néven ismert román távközlési vállalatot. Tevékenysége két részre oszlik: UPC Broadband → kábeltelevízió, műholdas televízió, telefonos szolgáltatások, internet hozzáférés chellomedia → szélessávú tartalomszolgáltatás, interaktív szolgáltatások stb.
  • UPC România este unul dintre cei mai importanţi furnizori naţionali de servicii integrate de comunicaţii electronice din România. Compania este prezentă în România din anul 1992. De la intrarea pe piaţa românească, compania a investit peste 600 milioane Euro, realizând cea mai mare investiţie americană directă din România. Compania a fost achiziţionată de către compania olandeză UPC Holding BV în octombrie 2005 pentru suma de 338,2 milioane euro. UPC Holding BV avea, la 31 martie 2008, 15,5 milioane de abonaţi în toată Europa, din care 10 milioane la serviciile video, 3,4 milioane la serviciile de internet şi 2,1 milioane la cele de telefonie. În anul 2005 UPC Holding a cumpărat compania Astral pentru 420 milioane USD. În octombrie 2008, UPC România a fuzionat prin absorbţie, cu Electron M. Bit Telecom, Sebmar Focşani şi Cablevision of Romania, firme pe care le controla deja.
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  • President and Chief Operating Officer of UPC Broadband, Gene M. Musselman
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  • UPC Broadband is a Pan-European Communications company owned by Liberty Global and is active in several European countries providing bundled cable television, internet and telephone services. UPC was founded in the Netherlands, originally as United Philips Cable and later Pan-Europe Communications, before being bought out by Liberty Global.
  • A UPC Europe, ismertebb nevén United Pan-Europe Communications Európa legnagyobb kábeltelevízió-szolgáltatója. 100%-os tulajdonosa 2004 eleje óta az egyesült államokbeli Liberty Global nevű vállalat, amely a Föld vezető kábeltelevízió-szolgáltatójának számít. Európában 6,6 millió analóg előfizetővel rendelkezik. Domináns szerepű szolgáltatónak számít Hollandiában, Ausztriában, Szlovákiában, és Csehországban.
  • UPC România este unul dintre cei mai importanţi furnizori naţionali de servicii integrate de comunicaţii electronice din România. Compania este prezentă în România din anul 1992. De la intrarea pe piaţa românească, compania a investit peste 600 milioane Euro, realizând cea mai mare investiţie americană directă din România. Compania a fost achiziţionată de către compania olandeză UPC Holding BV în octombrie 2005 pentru suma de 338,2 milioane euro.
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