BT Italia
Parent BT Group | | |
Subsidiaries | BT Mobile, BT Enìa, ERPTech | |
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Website | www |
History
The company is the result of a series of industrial ventures and
The captive business kick-started Albacom's presence in the Italian TLC market, and enabled the company to aggressively start selling its services in the market at large.
In a separate deal, BT acquired in 2001 a controlling stake in the then-booming
In 2002-2005 Albacom suffered from slowing growth and its financials turned into red; in the same time frame the non-TLC partners negotiated with BT an exit from the venture which was finalized in 2005 with BT acquiring 100% of the capital and Albacom (that closely afterwards was renamed as BT Albacom) keeping long-term contracts with all three former shareholders.
In 2006, BT won a multi-year worldwide outsourcing contract with
In 2007, BT made a public offer to purchase 100% of I.NET's capital, acknowledging a plan to merge the company into BT Italia and delisting the resulting company. Although some investors, that did not agree on delisting and had some doubts on the industrial plan, brought on litigation, the merger was completed on 11 January, 2008 and I.NET was delisted the same day. At the same time BT Italia acquires ERPTech S.p.A..
On 18 October 2019, BT launches the new logo and the new slogan "Beyond Limits".[2]
References
- ^ Italy
- ^ "BT helps the UK realise its potential with new brand purpose and ambition: 'Beyond Limits'". BT helps the UK realise its potential with new brand purpose and ambition: 'Beyond Limits'. Retrieved 2019-12-27.