Caiway (or simplified as CAIW) is a
cable operator in the
Netherlands, providing digital
cable television,
Internet, and
telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in mainly the
Westland,
Twente and
Schiedam
Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village ...
areas. In addition, Caiway provides its services via the
DELTA fiber optic network in large parts of the Netherlands.
Caiway began as CAI Westland (Central Antenna Installation Westland) in 1981 and it was the first cable operator to offer internet in the Netherlands, starting in 1995. At the end of 2017, the company was taken over by the Swedish investment fund
EQT
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EQT is the largest natural gas producer in the Appalachian Basin with 19.802 ...
. EQT was already the owner of cable operator
DELTA
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
operating in the province of the
Zeeland. Both companies are within one holding DELTA Fiber Netherlands as of 1 August 2018.
Caiway acts on the networks of CAIW (and some joint venture networks of CAIW) as a wholesale provider and provides access to the networks to these service providers. This creates the option on CAIW's networks to choose an alternative service provider, such as Fiber Nederland, Solcon, WeServe, Kliksafe or Cbizz. The Wholesale Ethernet Access (EAS) service was launched in 2014.
See also
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Digital television in the Netherlands The Netherlands now has three major forms of broadcast digital television. Terrestrial (DVB-T), Cable ( DVB-C), and Satellite ( DVB-S). In addition IPTV services are available. At the end of the first quarter of 2013 almost 84% of the households in ...
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Internet in the Netherlands
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List of cable companies in the Netherlands
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Television in the Netherlands
Television in the Netherlands was officially introduced in 1951. In the Netherlands, the television market is divided between a number of commercial networks, such as RTL Nederland, and a system of public broadcasters sharing three channels, NPO 1 ...
References
External links
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Telecommunications companies of the Netherlands
Cable television companies of the Netherlands
Internet service providers of the Netherlands