{"id":442250,"date":"2016-06-30T14:22:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T14:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=442250"},"modified":"2016-06-30T14:22:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T14:22:57","slug":"orange-buys-moldovas-biggest-cable-company-sun-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/orange-buys-moldovas-biggest-cable-company-sun-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange buys Moldova’s biggest cable company Sun Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The biggest mobile network company Orange signed an agreement of acquisition of the biggest cable company in Moldova, Sun Communications. The 100% acquisition of the social capital needs to be approved by the Council of Competition. <\/p>\n

The transaction will allow Orange to enter the market of fixed services such as internet and TV at home, combined with mobile services. <\/p>\n

Orange Moldova is the biggest mobile network with more than 2 million customers, covering 84% of the population with 4G. <\/p>\n

Sun Communications offers cable and digital TV in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, B\u0103l\u021bi and Cahul for more than 100 thousand customers, and internet (up to 300 Mbps) and VOIP services for more than 38 thousand clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>The biggest mobile network company Orange signed an agreement of acquisition of the biggest cable company in Moldova, Sun Communications. The 100% acquisition of the social capital needs to be approved by the Council of Competition. The transaction will allow Orange to enter the market of fixed services such as internet and TV at home, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":442251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The biggest mobile network company Orange signed an agreement of acquisition of the biggest cable company in Moldova, Sun Communications. The 100% acquisition of the social capital needs to be approved by the Council of Competition. <\/p>\n

The transaction will allow Orange to enter the market of fixed services such as internet and TV at home, combined with mobile services. <\/p>\n

Orange Moldova is the biggest mobile network with more than 2 million customers, covering 84% of the population with 4G. <\/p>\n

Sun Communications offers cable and digital TV in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, B\u0103l\u021bi and Cahul for more than 100 thousand customers, and internet (up to 300 Mbps) and VOIP services for more than 38 thousand clients.<\/p>\n

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