Telecomunicazioni
Datagroup completes Volia Acquisition
"We will also continue to advance and provide world-class entertainment and content on streaming platforms to all of our retail customers. OTT platform Volia means over 180 channels, including its own package of five Cine+ movie channels, showing the highest-rated movies. We are proud of our partnerships and the content deals we have in place with the biggest international and Ukrainian studios, including Disney, Universal, Film.ua, and Paramount. We will continue to expand our video library which currently holds over 13 thousand titles - movies, series and shows on our streaming platform – that are available on-line on the most popular devices for content usage: Smart TVs, mobile phones, computers and media boxes."
, added: "I am thrilled to continue to be part of this exciting journey to combine two great companies, Datagroup and Volia, into a single player on a national scale. The Group will employ over 4,000 people serving more than 1 million customers. I have full confidence that with the collective energy, drive and ambition of both teams, we will create an even more attractive value proposition for our customers and very strong returns for shareholders."
, commented: "At Horizon Capital, we are proud of our focus on value-creation at Datagroup over many years culminating in this game-changing acquisition that truly results in the emergence of a Ukrainian fixed telecom market champion. This acquisition, and the significant capital investments made by Datagroup, come at a time when digitalization is a top priority for Ukraine . With the merger of Datagroup and Volia, the combined Group will play an even greater role in bringing new digital services to over 40 million Ukrainians. We truly believe that Ukraine offers attractive long-term investment opportunities and hope that the Datagroup-Volia merger will pave the way for further investments into the country's infrastructure."