Free is a FrenchInternet Service Provider (ISP), which is a subsidiary of the Iliad Group. It operates in France. An internet service provider (abbr. ...
It was the first company to offer a Triple play service in France through their Freebox modem. It claims to be the first company[1] to have invented the "box" marketing concept in France, in reference to the other ISPs in France who thereafter released Triple play modems named to include the word "box". In telecommunications, the Triple Play service is a marketing term for the provisioning of the three services: high-speed Internet, television (Video on Demand or regular broadcasts) and telephone service over a single broadband connection. ... Freebox The Freebox is an ADSL modem provided by the French internet service provider called Free to its ADSL subscribers. ...
On 2006.09.11, Free announced a new FTTH offer with speed up to 50Mbps for €29.99 a month (instead of the former 28 Mbps DSL offer). Fiber to the Home (FTTH) is a technology that allows Telephone, Cable TV and High Speed Internet to be accessed via one fiber cable. ...
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↑ Communiqué de presse : Nouvelle Freebox HD. Retrieved on 2006-05-03.
Free, the FrenchISP majority owned by multimedia holding company Iliad, will potentially seek an IPO before the end of the year, the company's general director said today.
One thing Free is not considering is a totally free service where users pay neither communications charges nor ISP fees to access the Internet for a limited amount of time each month, already offered by the likes of Infonie and Liberty Surf in France.
The subscription-free ISP went public in March, attaining a high of 75.2 euros, before plunging to a low of 27.6 euros in May. The shares were trading around 31 euros today.
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