| TeleTu S.p.A. | |
| Former Name: | Tele2 Italia S.p.A. (1999-2007) Opitel S.p.A. (2007-2010) |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Industry: | Telecommunications |
| Founder: | Tele2 |
| Defunct: | (as company) (as brand) |
| Fate: | Merged into Vodafone Italy |
| Successor: | Vodafone Italy |
| Hq Location City: | Milan |
| Hq Location Country: | Italy |
| Area Served: | Italy |
| Products: | Fixed-line telephony |
| Owner: | Vodafone Italy (100%) |
| Parent: | Vodafone Group |
TeleTu (formerly Tele2 Italia) was an Italian telecommunications company that provided fixed-line telephony services.[1] [2]
Founded in 1999 by Tele2, in 2007 it was sold to Vodafone, which incorporated it in 2012,[3] starting a process of divesting the brand, completed in 2015.[4]
In April 1999 Tele2 founded its Italian branch, Tele2 Italia.
On 6 October 2007, as also happened in Spain, it was acquired by Vodafone.[5] This operation is completed in December. The company thus changed its name to Opitel, temporarily maintaining the Tele2 brand.
No longer being linked to Tele2, from 1 January 2010 the operator's brand name was changed, which thus became TeleTu.[6] On January 4, the company name was also changed to TeleTu.
On 1 October 2012 TeleTu, following the merger by incorporation with Vodafone, began selling its products under the Vodafone brand. From 1 April 2015 the TeleTu brand was officially abandoned in favor of that of the parent company and all those who were its customers automatically switched to Vodafone.