REGISTRATION DOCUMENT AND FINANCIAL REPORT - Iliad
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT AND FINANCIAL REPORT - Iliad
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT AND FINANCIAL REPORT - Iliad
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5. INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY <strong>AND</strong> THE GROUP<br />
5.1 HISTORY <strong>AND</strong> DEVELOPMENT<br />
2003 • Roll-out of LLU to the majority of the French population<br />
• The Group becomes the second largest ADSL broadband Internet service provider in France<br />
(March 2003) 4<br />
• Acquisition of the prepaid phone card specialist Kertel<br />
• Launch of the ADSL fixed telephony service using the Freebox modem in August 2003<br />
(under Option 1)<br />
• Launch of an ADSL-based audiovisual content service offering in December 2003<br />
2004 • <strong>Iliad</strong>’s initial public offering. Listing on the Euronext Paris Premier Marché on January 30, 2004<br />
• Launch in March 2004 of voice over ADSL services under Option 5 using the Freebox<br />
modem<br />
• Launch of a fully unbundled service offering (June 2004)<br />
• Launch of the ADSL 2+ service offering (October 2004)<br />
• Broadcast of Canal+ TV offers via the Freebox (November 2004)<br />
2005 • Launch of the Freeplayer offering through the Freebox (June 2005)<br />
• Acquisition in November 2005 of Altitude Telecom which holds the only national WiMAX<br />
license for France (3.5 GHz)<br />
• Launch of the Video on Demand (VoD) offering on the Freebox, in conjunction with<br />
Canalplay (December 2005)<br />
2006 • Launch of the new HD Freebox TV service, DTT Tuner (TF1 and M6 accessible), WiFi<br />
Mimo and mobile telephony over WiFi (April 2006)<br />
• Launch of Dedibox – a dedicated server hosting service available to private individuals<br />
(May 2006)<br />
• Canalplay Kids, a VoD offering for children available on the Freebox (May 2006)<br />
• Capacity of personal web pages increased to 10 Gb (June 2006)<br />
• Issue of bonds convertible for new shares and/or exchangeable for existing shares<br />
(OCEANE) representing a total nominal value of €330,624,932.40 (June 2006)<br />
• Calls to Guadeloupe and Martinique and 11 other new international destinations included in<br />
the Freebox package (June 2006)<br />
• Internet bandwidth increased for unbundled Freebox subscribers offering speeds of up to<br />
28 Mbit/s (July 2006)<br />
• Telephone line rental included in the Freebox subscription (€29.99 per month) in nonunbundled<br />
areas (August 2006)<br />
• <strong>Iliad</strong> sells Société.com (August 2006)<br />
• Launch of HD Freebox Digital Video Recorder (September 2006)<br />
• Free announces its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) roll-out program (September 2006)<br />
• Acquisition of Citéfibre (October 2006)<br />
• Agreements entered into with TF1 and M6 for programs to be broadcast on the Freebox<br />
(December 2006)<br />
4 Source: IDATE, The World Atlas of the Internet, 2003 edition.<br />
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