Wind Tre Explained

Wind Tre S.p.A.
Foundation: in Rho, Italy
Owner:CK Hutchison Holdings (100%)
Hq Location City:Milan
Hq Location Country:Italy
Area Served:Italy
Key People:Jeffrey Hedberg (CEO)[1]
Type:Subsidiary
Industry:Telecommunications
Products:Mobile telephony, fixed-line telephony, Broadband Internet, IT Services, IPTV
Brands:Very Mobile
Revenue Year:2017[2]
Net Income Year:2017[3]
Parent:CK Hutchison Holdings

Wind Tre S.p.A., stylized as WINDTRE, is an Italian telecommunications company of the CK Hutchison Holdings Limited group,[4] which offers mobile and fixed-line telephony services.

It was born on 31 December 2016 from the merger of two Italian telecommunications companies, namely 3 Italy and Wind Telecomunicazioni, controlled respectively by CK Hutchison Holdings and VimpelCom.[5] [6] [7]

Since 7 September 2018, CK Hutchison Holdings has been the sole shareholder of Wind Tre as, following approval by the European Commission, the Hong Kong group completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% of the company from VEON (formerly VimpelCom).[8] [9] [10]

As of 2022, it is the first Italian mobile operator for SIM HUMAN, third instead after TIM and Vodafone in total active cards.[11]

History

On December 31, 2016, the project to create an equal joint venture between CK Hutchison Holdings, owner of 3 Italy, and VimpelCom, owner of Wind Telecomunicazioni, was completed.[12] [13] The project envisaged the merger of 3 Italy and Wind into Wind Tre.

On 7 September 2018, VEON (formerly VimpelCom) sold its 50% stake in Wind Tre to CK Hutchison Holdings, which thus became the sole shareholder.

Despite the merger, the company kept the Wind, 3 Italy and Infostrada brands active (with the exception of Wind Business and 3 Business which became Wind Tre Business on 23 May 2017[14]) until 16 March 2020,[15] [16] [17] when the company started a process of rebranding that led to the birth of the unified brands Wind Tre, Wind Tre Business and Very Mobile (born on February 24, 2020, as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator to compete with Iliad, ho-mobile and Kena Mobile[18]).[19] [20] [21] Very Mobile was the first MVNO to market its offers also on eSIM and to experiment with VoLTE and VoWiFi technologies.[22] [23] [24] [25]

As of August 2022, the company has obtained authorization from AGCOM to start a collaboration with Iliad for 5G sharing in rural areas with low population density. In January 2023, the creation of the Zefiro Net joint venture, jointly controlled by the two companies, was completed.[26]

On February 2, 2024, Wind Tre signed an agreement for the acquisition of the assets, including the network infrastructure, of OpNet (formerly Linkem), which will be acquired 100% by Wind Tre together with all other subsidiaries, excluding Tessellis (formerly Tiscali). On August 1, the transaction was completed.[27] [28] [29] [30]

Brands and logos

Discontinued

Shareholder structure

The Wind Tre group is structured as follows:

See also

References

  1. Web site: Management Team. www.windtre.it. 29 October 2018.
  2. Web site: C_3_M09_22_1_3_file_en.pdf . 2018-10-13 . www.windtre.it . en-US . PDF.
  3. Web site: C_3_M09_22_1_3_file_en.pdf . 2018-10-13 . www.windtre.it . en-US . PDF.
  4. Web site: Wind Tre - Board and Shareholder Structure . 2019-09-04 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 1 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901151705/https://www.windtre.it/EN/Company/Bod-and-Shareholder-Structure.aspx . dead .
  5. Web site: Wind Tre is ready, the first mobile operator in Italy. Maximo Ibarra leads the company . 2017-01-21 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 23 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190223074450/https://www.windtre.it/en/wind-tre-is-ready . dead .
  6. Web site: Wind Tre - Our History . 2019-09-04 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 1 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901151715/https://www.windtre.it/EN/company/Our-History.aspx . dead .
  7. Web site: Fusione Wind-3 Italia, quale futuro per i lavoratori? . 2016-10-24 . nuvola.corriere.it . it.
  8. Web site: CK annuncia approvazione commissione europea . 2018-09-03 . www.windtre.it . it-IT . 1 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180901004229/https://www.windtre.it/press-and-events/CK_accordo_acquisizione_windtre_31082018 . dead .
  9. Web site: CK Hutchison Holdings Limited - Media Center > Press Releases . 2018-09-03 . www.ckh.com.hk.
  10. Web site: CK sole shareholder Wind Tre . 2018-10-21 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 21 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181021111743/https://www.windtre.it/en/press-and-events/CK_sole_shareholder_windtre . dead .
  11. Web site: 2022-05-03 . Osservatorio AGCOM: Dati, Quote di Mercato e Novità . 2022-12-22 . Offerta-internet.it . it.
  12. Web site: European Commission JV Approval . 2017-02-16 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 16 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170216135148/http://www.windtre.it//en/com_european_commission . dead .
  13. Web site: Final Regulatory Approval for Italy Joint Venture . 2017-02-16 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 16 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170216133123/http://www.windtre.it//en/com_mise . dead .
  14. Web site: Wind Tre Business . 2017-06-18 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 18 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170618045022/http://www.windtre.it/en/press-releases/wind-tre-business . dead .
  15. Web site: Wind Tre - Wind . 2019-09-04 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 1 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901151848/https://www.windtre.it/EN/Brand/Wind.aspx . dead .
  16. Web site: Wind Tre - Tre . 2019-09-04 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 1 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901151821/https://www.windtre.it/EN/Brand/Tre.aspx . dead .
  17. Web site: Wind Tre - Wind Tre Business . 2019-09-04 . www.windtre.it . en-US . 1 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901151853/https://www.windtre.it/EN/Brand/Wind-Tre-Business.aspx . dead .
  18. Web site: Chi Siamo - L’operatore very conveniente. . 2020-02-24 . www.verymobile.it . it.
  19. Web site: Nasce WINDTRE, la rete più grande d’Italia . 2020-03-17 . www.windtre.it . it-IT . 17 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220335/https://www.windtre.it/nasce_windtre/ . dead .
  20. Web site: Wind Tre - WINDTRE_SINGLE_BRAND_BORN . 2020-03-29 . www.windtregroup.it . en-US.
  21. Web site: WINDTRE: tutte le novità del nuovo marchio . 2020-03-29 . WindWorld Blog.
  22. Web site: Anteprima: Very Mobile il nuovo gestore mobile virtuale by Wind Tre . 2020-03-29 . WindWorld Blog.
  23. Web site: Very Mobile: il primo mvno con VoLTE attivo. . 2020-05-13 . WindWorld Blog.
  24. Web site: Nicolosi . Simone . 2020-09-11 . Very Mobile by Wind Tre: testato con successo Wi-Fi Calling, primo operatore in Italia ad averlo? . 2022-10-02 . TelefoniaTech.it . it-IT.
  25. Web site: 2022-06-21 . VoWiFi in Italia: ci vorrà ancora molto? TLCWorld . 2022-10-02 . it-IT.
  26. Web site: Nin . Catherine Sbeglia . 2023-01-04 . Iliad, WindTre finalize joint venture to close digital divide in Italy . 2023-05-13 . RCR Wireless News . en-US.
  27. Web site: Wind Tre - WINDTRE_completa_acquisizione_OpNet . 2024-09-27 . www.windtregroup.it . en-US.
  28. Web site: Comunicato-Stampa-03-02-2024.pdf . 2024-09-27 . opnet.it . it . PDF.
  29. Web site: WINDTRE-OpNet-01082024.pdf . 2024-09-27 . opnet.it . it . PDF.
  30. Web site: Jefferies Completes Sale of OpNet Operations to Wind Tre – Company Announcement - FT.com . 2024-09-27 . markets.ft.com.

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