TeleTu S.p.A.
FormerlyTele2 Italia S.p.A. (1999-2007) Opitel S.p.A. (2007-2010)
TypeS.p.A.
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedApril 1999 (1999-04)
FounderTele2
DefunctDecember 1, 2015 (2015-12-01)
FateMerged into Vodafone Italy
SuccessorVodafone Italy
Headquarters
Milan
,
Italy
Area served
Italy
ProductsFixed telephony
OwnerVodafone Italy (100%)
ParentVodafone
Websitewww.teletu.it

TeleTu S.p.A. (formerly Tele2 Italia S.p.A., then Opitel S.p.A.) was an Italian telecommunications company that provided fixed telephony services.[1][2]

Founded in 1999 by Tele2, in 2007 it was sold to Vodafone,[1] which incorporated it in 2012,[3] starting a process of divesting the brand, completed in 2015.[4]

History

In April 1999 Tele2 AB founded its Italian branch, Tele2 Italia S.p.A.

It requested liberalization from Telecom Italia, i.e. unbundling, recognized only by Infostrada and FASTWEB.

In the summer of 2005 it began to offer ADSL in large cities including Milan and Rome in unbundling, and then quickly extended the service to numerous other areas of Italy.

Since January 2006 it has offered its customers the opportunity to detach themselves from Telecom Italia.

In autumn 2007 it added a P2P traffic filtering function to its ADSL service.

On 6 October 2007, as also happened in Spain, it was acquired by Vodafone Omnitel N.V.[5][1] This operation is completed in December. The company thus changed its name to Opitel S.p.A., temporarily maintaining the "Tele2" brand.

No longer being linked to Tele2 AB, from 1 January 2010 the operator's brand name was changed, which thus became "TeleTu".[6] On January 4, the company name was also changed to TeleTu S.p.A.

On 1 October 2012 TeleTu S.p.A., following the merger by incorporation with Vodafone Omnitel N.V.,[3] began selling its products under the "Vodafone" brand. From 1 April 2015 the "TeleTu" brand was officially abandoned in favor of that of the parent company.[4]

Logo history

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Azienda TeleTu - operatore alternativo di ADSL e telefonia fissa". www.teletu.it. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  2. ↑ "TeleTu S.p.A - Trasparenza e Privacy – Informazioni Societarie TeleTu". www.teletu.it. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  3. 1 2 "TeleTu Notizie - TeleTu Supporto". www.teletu.it. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  4. 1 2 "TeleTu Notizie - TeleTu Supporto". www.teletu.it. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  5. ↑ "Vodafone compra Tele2 Italia e Spagna . Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  6. ↑ "TeleTu, Vodafone inizia il rebranding di Tele2 | Mondo3". www.mondo3.com. Retrieved 2010-01-25.



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