Viya (company) explained

Viya
Type:Subsidiary
Predecessor:Innovative Communications Corporation
Choice Communications
Location Country:United States
Area Served:The United States Virgin Islands
Industry:Telecommunications
Parent:ATN International

Viya is a telecommunications company that provides landline, mobile telephone, Internet, and cable television services in the United States Virgin Islands. Viya is a subsidiary of ATN International. Prior to its acquisition by ATN, it was formerly known as Innovative Communications Corporation. In 2015, Choice Communications, which was a former rival telecommunications company and a subsidiary of ATN, purchased Innovative for $145 Million[1] and completed the sale on July 1, 2016.[2] In 2017, ATN merged both Innovative and Choice to form Viya.[3]

Viya owned the Virgin Islands Daily News until 2008, when it was purchased by Times-Shamrock Communications. Viya formerly operated cable TV services in Sint Maarten until October 2016, when it was acquired by the TelEm Group.[4] They also had formerly operated cable TV services in the British Virgin Islands as well, until their cable systems were destroyed by Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Choice Communications To Acquire Innovative Group Of Companies for $145 Million . The Virgin Islands Consortium . 2015-10-01.
  2. Web site: ATN Completes Acquisition of Innovative . The St. Thomas Source . 2016-07-02.
  3. Web site: Innovative and Choice Come Together as Viya . The St. Thomas Source . 2017-04-19.
  4. Web site: TelEm Group inks takeover for Sint Maarten Cable TV . Comms Update . 2016-10-10.
  5. Web site: BVI Cable . Facebook . 2017-10-19.