Nova (Greece)
Nova Telecommunications & Media S.M.S.A. is a telecommunications company in Greece which provides broadband, television, mobile and fixed services. It also offers satellite services in Cyprus. It was traded on the Athens Exchange until its delisting in 2021.
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas Minoan Lines |
| Headquarters | , Greece |
Area served | Greece and Cyprus |
Key people | Nikos Stathopoulos (Chairman) Panagiotis Georgiopoulos (CEO) |
| Products | Mobile Fixedline telephony Broadband IPTV Satellite television Television show Pay television IT services |
| Parent | United Group |
| Website | www.nova.gr |
In June 2016 the services for clients and SMEs were rebranded under the Nova brand. The company gave up Forthnet brand completely in June 2020.
On 29 May 2020 BC Partners' United Group agreed to purchase a majority stake in Nova from a consortium of 4 Greek banks. As of 29 April 2021 is the sole shareholder.
On October 15, 2021, Nova announced that they would be shutting down some of their older services (like Dialup, Call-by-Call and old technology ADSL) on December 15 of the same year.
On January 11, 2023, Wind Hellas had merged with Nova, therefore fixed & mobile telephony, internet and other Wind services were rebranded to Nova.