Telefonica Germany signs wholesale pact with Tele Columbus to offer O2 products on network

News Broadband Germany 30 OCT 2019
Telefonica Germany signs wholesale pact with Tele Columbus to offer O2 products on network
German cable operator Tele Columbus said that it has signed a long-term wholesale agreement with Telefonica Germany to allow the firm to offer O2 broadband products on its network.

Tele Columbus will open its network of around 2.3 million connected households to Telefonica. Through the agreement, Telefonica will supply customers connection at up to 1 Gbps in the future.  

Telefonica said that it aims to offer both retail and business customers fixed-network and DSL services in addition to mobile communications services via its O2 brand. It already signed a fixed-network agreement with Vodafone that allows access to Vodafone's and Unitymedia’s cable networks in Germany, while it has cooperated with Deutsche Telekom in the fixed-network business for years.

Categories:

Fixed

Companies:

O2,  Vodafone,  Tele Columbus,  Unitymedia,  Deutsche Telekom,  Telefonica Germany

Countries:

Germany

Tags:

Network Access, Fibre, Internet Access, Wholesale, Consumer, Enterprise, Contract & orders

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