The Company
Unitymedia - Triple Play provider at the heart of Europe
Growing through innovation in Digital TV, Internet and Telephony
Unitymedia is Germany’s second largest provider of media and communication services via broadband cable and a wholly-owned subsiduary of UPC Germany GmbH, that is indirectly owned by Liberty Global Inc. The Unitymedia brand is underpinned by a broad product portfolio which encompasses high-quality media offerings and access to the world of innovative telecommunications: The broad choice offered by digital and analogue TV and radio, attractive pay TV offerings, flatrate telephony packages and surfing the Internet at high speed.
Unitymedia operates one of the most integrated cable networks in Germany, that passes 8.8 million homes in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, Europe’s largest conurbation, which generates around one third of Germany’s total GDP. This state-of-the-art interconnected infrastructure was created by uniting the cable operators ish in North Rhine-Westphalia and iesy in Hesse in 2005 to form the Unitymedia Group, into which the activities of the provider Telecolumbus West were also integrated. In May 2007, the existing brands were also unified under the new name Unitymedia, which stands for an unparalleled triple play product portfolio and superior customer experience.
Unitymedia supplies 4.5 million customers with media and telecommunications services. Thanks to a focused investment strategy, the majority of the infrastructure is up to the latest technical standard, with a technical bandwidth of up to 5 GB per second. The Unitymedia network is already one of the largest and most modern interconnected broadband cable networks and is an ideal platform for further interactive value-added services.
A rapidly growing customer base combines broadband Internet, flat rate telephony and digital TV from a single provider – Unitymedia is therefore a market leader for Triple Play in its regions. Compared with the existing analogue offering, digital TV in particular offers far greater choice and next generation TV experience – such as attractive digital TV packages and digital video recording. This means the highest quality entertainment and multimedia.
Led by a highly experienced management team with both in-depth knowledge of the German market and extensive international experience across broadband cable, media and telecommunications, Unitymedia is well positioned to continue delivering dynamic growth at the forefront of Germany´s telecommunications industry.
