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Iliad Group has closed its acquisition of cable operator UPC Poland from Liberty Global for a total of PLN7 billion (US$1.6 billion).

[The deal was first announced in September 2021](https://www.developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/operator-news/11946-iliad-bolsters-play-purchase-with-acquisition-of-upc-poland.html), and follows [Iliad’s purchase of Polish operator Play towards the end of 2020.](https://www.developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/operator-news/10193-iliad-s-play-buy-gets-the-go-ahead.html) In addition to shoring up the group’s foothold in Poland, the UPC acquisition will bolster Iliad’s efforts to become a “new convergence leader” in Poland’s consumer and enterprise sectors.

By folding in UPC Poland’s subscriber base, Play will gain an additional 3.7 million fibre connections and 1.6 million fixed-line customers. The operator’s CEO Jean-Marc Harion said: “we now have the largest mobile network, fastest fibre and broadest content offering in Poland”, and claimed this would allow the operator to “reinvent convergence.”

 

 

   
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