Oni Telecom
| Company type | Sociedade Anónima |
|---|---|
| Industry | ICT |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Lisbon (Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 27 1069 – 447 Lisboa), Portugal |
Key people | Alexandre Fonseca (CEO) |
| Products | Communications, IT & Cloud and ICT Integration |
| Owner | Altice |
| Website | www.oni.pt |
Oni is a Portuguese telecommunications company (voice, data and internet), IT solutions (data centre, cloud computing, security, etc.) and ICT integration, exclusively focused in corporations, public organisms and International telecommunications operators.
Shareholder structure
Oni was acquired in August 2013 by Altice, which now holds the entire share capital of the company.[1]
Altice is a Group specializing in telecommunications, with operations in 9 different geographic areas who work independently but synergistically with each other: France (Numéricable and Completel), Antilles and other French Ultramarine Territories (Outremertelecom, Le Cable), Belgium and Luxembourg (Coditel), Switzerland (Green.ch), Portugal (Cabovisão and Oni) Israel (Hot), Kenya and Tanzania (Wananchi). On a consolidated basis, the Group has around 6 million customers and 4,000 million Euros of revenue.
The Group set the goal to become one of the leading Telecom operators in Portugal thus it will continue to invest in network development and in creating innovative solutions for its customers, mainly by converging IT and IP technology for the corporate market.
The acquisition of Oni strengthens the portfolio of B2B companies within the Group, which already integrates Green.ch, in Switzerland and Completel, the third largest operator in the French business market, with 500 million Euros of revenue and 13,000 customers.
Oni
Oni is more than a communications operator, assuming the role of a generator of technological assets for its customers. Thus it operates in three complementary fields: communications, IT & Cloud and ICT integration.
Communications
Communications operator deeply connected to the onset of the Next Generation Networks (NGN). It offers connectivity between people, places and knowledge through Voice, Internet and Private Virtual Network solutions.
IT & Cloud
Oni detains know-how and experience in developing integrated communications and IT solutions. Ranging from cloud offers and data centre solutions to IT and electronic security, it works together with the customers in the design and implementation of solutions to boost business growth.
ICT Integration
It assures a tailored technological integration and support, using its deep know how of the customer’s network to implement integrated solutions of systems and communications infrastructures.
History
Oni was founded in 1998 and owes its creation to the liberalization of the Portuguese telecommunications market. The original shareholders were the four biggest national economic groups – EDP, Millenium BCP, Brisa e Galp Energia.[2]
Oni is deeply connected to the onset of the Next Generation Networks (NGN) in Portugal,[3] which had a big boost in 2009.[4] These networks revealed to be fundamental to meet the needs of corporate customers and, since then, Oni has been exploring its own NGN.
In 2007 Oni was totally acquired by Winreason S.A., leaving its position as a generalist operator to exclusively focus in the corporate and operator segments. In August 2013 Altice acquire 100% of Oni’s share capital.[5]
The Altice group is specialized in telecommunications and is a long term strategic investor, which manages a consolidated customer base of 6 million clients and consolidated revenue of around four billion euros.[6]
Chronology
1998
- 1st operator launched after market liberalisation
- 1st SDH network
1999
- 1st Multi-Services ATM and IP network
2000
- 1st new operator offering direct access
- 1st Multi-Services IP-MPLS network
2001
- Oni integrates Brisatel and Comnexo
2002
- Oni captures 40% of the business lost by the incumbent
- 1st Metro-Ethernet connection
2003
2004
- 1st bundled voice and Internet offering for the residential and SoHo market (OniDuo)
2005
- 1st commercial offer powerline services
2007
- Oni is acquired by The Riverside Company and Gestmin and focus exclusively on the Corporate, Government and Carriers markets. Sells portfolio of residential and SoHo clients
2008
- Launch of the breakthrough Youniversal communications concept
2009
- Oni is the only Portuguese telecom operator ranked by Exame magazine as “One of the Best Companies to Work”[7]
- First Portuguese operator to present to the Portuguese Government an investment program for NGN[8]
- Opening the Next Generation Operation Center.[8]
2010
- Oni Communications is considered by Exame magazine as “One of the Best Companies to Work” for the second consecutive year.[9]
2011
- Oni is considered by Exame magazine as “One of the Best Companies to Work” for the third consecutive year [10]
2012
- Launching of the first Enterprise Cloud offer.[11]
2013
- Oni was acquired in August 2013 by the Altice Group.[6]