VOO

{{Short description|Commercial name of the Belgian cable company}}

{{About|the telecommunications company||Voo (disambiguation){{!}}Voo}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox company

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| logo = File:VOO logo.svg

| industry = Telecommunications

| founded = {{Start date and age|April 2006}}

| services = {{ubl|Broadcast television|Cable television|Broadband Internet|Telephone|Mobile phone}}

| owner = {{#statements:P127|from=Q1877682}}

| website = http://www.voo.be/en/

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VOO (/vuː/) is the commercial name of the Belgian cable company created by the Economic Interest Group (EIG) of Brutélé GIE in (Brussels Region and Charleroi Region) and Association Liégeoise d'Electricité (A.L.E.- Télédis), but came to be controlled by Nethys SA and Brutélé SCRL{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhnet.be/medias/television/ale-teledis-et-brutele-deviennent-voo-51b7c3c5e4b0de6db98ca947|title=ALE-Télédis et Brutélé deviennent VOO|date=30 March 2006|website=www.dhnet.be|access-date=16 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.voo.be/en/coordonnees/|title=Company contact details - VOO|website=www.voo.be|access-date=16 October 2019}} until 2023.

Then two companies together bought eight Walloon cable companies (Igeho, Inatel, Intermosane, Seditel, Simogel, Telelux, Interest-Interost et Ideatel), and the EIG constitutes today the primary cable operator in Wallonia and a part in the Brussels Region. It offers mobile telephony using the Telenet network.{{cite web |url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018/02/06/telenet-and-voo-agree-belgian-mvno-deal/ |title=Telenet and VOO agree Belgian MVNO deal |first=Andrew | last=McDonald |date=6 February 2018 |website=Digital TV Europe }}

In November 2021, Orange Belgium is now chosen to take over the company, winning against Telenet. A board meeting of Enodia was held on 14 December to validate or reject the decision of the board of Nethys. Thereafter, it will take several months for Orange Belgium to obtain the approval of the Competition Council and the European Commission,{{Cite web |date=2021-11-22 |title=Nethys choisit Orange pour le rachat de Voo |url=https://www.lesoir.be/407908/article/2021-11-22/nethys-choisit-orange-pour-le-rachat-de-voo |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Le Soir |language=fr}} which must announce its decision by 6 December 2022.{{Cite web |last=Kabelka |first=Laura |date=2022-07-29 |title=La Commission enquête sur le projet de rachat de VOO et Brutélé par Orange en Belgique |url=https://www.euractiv.fr/section/economie/news/la-commission-enquete-sur-le-projet-de-rachat-de-voo-et-brutele-par-orange-en-belgique/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.euractiv.fr |language=fr-FR}}

On 5 June 2023, the Belgian unit of the French company completed the acquisition of the controlling stake in VOO.{{Cite web|url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/orange-belgium-completes-voo-acquisition/|title=Orange Belgium completes VOO acquisition|work=DCD|access-date=2023-07-30|language=en}}