Delta (company)

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DELTA
Company type Subsidiary of DELTA Fiber Netherlands
Industry Telecommunications
Founded1991
Headquarters Middelburg, Netherlands
Key people
Marco Visser (CEO)
Products Cable television
IPTV
Digital television
Internet
Telephony
Owner EQT
Parent DELTA Fiber Netherlands
Website www.delta.nl

DELTA is a cable operator in the Netherlands, providing digital cable television, Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in mainly the province of Zeeland. In addition, Delta supplies fiber-to-the-home in large parts of the Netherlands. [1]

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The Merger

DELTA began as a merger between Watermaatschappij Zuidwest-Nederland and Provinciale Zeeuwsche Electriciteits-Maatschappij in 1991, providing electricity, gas, heat, and cable television. On 1 March 2017, the cable division was taken over by the Swedish investment fund EQT. [2]

EQT also acquired cable company Caiway by the end of 2017. Both companies are within one holding DELTA Fiber Netherlands as of 1 August 2018. [3]

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