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Scarlet (company)

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Scarlet is a telecommunications company active in the Netherlands and Belgium as an Internet Service Provider and provider of fixed and mobile telephony. It has minor operations in Luxembourg, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

The Belgacom Group announced its acquisition of Scarlet NA/SA on 15 February 2008, after the approval of the competition authorities.[1] Belgacom aims to complement its own offers with Scarlet's basic, low-cost products in the areas of fixed and mobile telephony and the Internet for Belgian and international customers.

Netherlands

Scarlet was established in The Netherlands in 1992 as an independent ISP and telephony provider.[2] It was rebranded Stipte ('Punctual' in Dutch) in June 2014.[3]

Belgium

The company has been active in Belgium since 1997 as an independent ISP and telephony provider. Scarlet acquired the Belgium branch of Tiscali at the end of 2004.

See also

References

  1. ^ Belgacom.com
  2. ^ http://www.belgacom.com/group/gallery/content/shared/PressRelease/2008_02_15_scarlet_en.pdf
  3. ^ van Verandervan, Jan. "Scarlet becomes Stipte [in Dutch]". Retrieved 10 July 2014.