Tiscali
Tiscali S.p.A. (Borsa Italiana, Milan: TIS) is one of the main independent European telecommunication companies.
With one of the largest and most interconnected IP networks in the world, Tiscali is able to supply its customers, residential and business, with a full range of services: Internet access, voice, VoIP, media, value added services (VAS) and other technologically advanced products.
Tiscali has 4.5 million active users and 2.07 million broadband customers in five countries: Italy, UK, Netherlands, Germany and Czech Republic. Group revenue was 736 million Euro in 2005.
The UK business was founded in 2001 following the acquisition of Worldonline (NL), Liberty Surf (Fr) and LineOne (UK). Tiscali UK is 3rd largest DSL broadband provider in the UK with 1.2 million broadband customers of which 350,000 already take both voice and broadband.
Tiscali UK was the first ISP to break the £20 barrier for broadband and the first to offer broadband for the price of dial-up. Tiscali UK began its investment in Local Loop Unbundling in 2005 - one of the first new-wave unbundlers in the UK. 2.
