Tessellis facts for kids
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Tiscali group structure.
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Formerly
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Tiscali S.p.A. (1998-2023) |
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| Traded as | BIT: TSL |
| ISIN | IT0005496473 |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | January 1998 |
| Founder | Renato Soru |
| Headquarters | Tiscali Campus,
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Italy
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Italy |
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Renato Soru (founder), Stefano Zacutti (CEO) |
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| Parent | Jefferies Financial Group |
| Subsidiaries | Tiscali Italia (100%) |
Tessellis S.p.A. (which used to be called Tiscali S.p.A.) is an Italian company. It was started in 1998 in Cagliari, Sardinia. This company offers Internet and phone services in Italy. In the past, it also worked in other European countries. It grew by buying many smaller Internet companies in the late 1990s.
Since 2022, Tessellis has taken over all the services that Linkem used to offer. This happened after Tiscali and Linkem joined forces.
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History of Tessellis
Tiscali S.p.A. was created in January 1998 in Cagliari. It was founded by Renato Soru. This happened after Italy changed its rules for phone companies. The company got its name from a mountain in Sardinia. An old village was found there.
In 1999, a sister company called Tiscali Italia S.p.A. was started.
From March 1999, Tiscali offered "Tiscali Free Net." This was an Internet service where you only paid for the time you were online. There were no monthly fees. This made other Italian Internet companies drop their fees too. It helped many people in Italy get online.
In November 1999, Tiscali, Franco Bernabè, and Sanpaolo IMI started a company called Andala. In 2000, Andala was bought by Hutchison Whampoa. It then won a bid to offer 3G mobile phone services.
On March 25, 2009, Tiscali launched Tiscali Mobile. This was a mobile phone service that used TIM's network.
In 2012, Tiscali started three new companies:
- Veesible S.r.l.: This company sells advertising space.
- indoona S.r.l.: This company created an instant messaging app called indoona.
- istella S.r.l.: This company worked on a search engine called istella.
On December 30, 2021, Tiscali S.p.A. and Linkem S.p.A. agreed to a plan. Linkem Retail S.r.l. would join Tiscali S.p.A.
On April 27, 2022, the owners of Tiscali and Linkem approved this merger.
On August 1, 2022, the two companies finished joining together. Tiscali S.p.A. took in Linkem Retail S.r.l. Linkem S.p.A. (now called OpNet S.p.A.) became the main owner of Tiscali S.p.A.
In October 2022, Tiscali announced a name change. On January 19, 2023, the main company became Tessellis S.p.A. It still uses the names Tiscali and Linkem for its services.
On February 2, 2024, Wind Tre made a deal to buy parts of OpNet. This included its network. On August 1, 2024, this deal was completed. Wind Tre bought OpNet and its other companies, but not Tessellis.
Becoming a Public Company (IPO)
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In October 1999, Tiscali offered its shares to the public for the first time. This is called an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Its shares were traded on the Italian Stock Exchange. Each share cost 46 Euros. This happened during a time when many internet companies were very popular.
In 2012, the price of one share had dropped to just 0.04 Euros.
Between 2001 and 2005, Tiscali shares were also traded on the French Stock Exchange. They stopped being traded there in December 2005.
Company Changes and Sales
From 2004 onwards, Tiscali S.p.A. bought, sold, and merged with other companies.
- On August 16, 2004, it sold its company in Austria.
- On August 20, 2004, it sold its company in South Africa.
- On August 23, 2004, it sold its company in Norway.
- On August 30, 2004, it sold its company in Sweden.
- On September 16, 2004, it sold its company in Switzerland.
- On October 19, 2004, it sold its mobile phone network in South Africa.
- On November 29, 2004, it sold its company in Luxembourg.
- On November 29, 2004, it sold its company in Belgium.
- On February 1, 2005, it sold its company in Denmark.
- On May 5, 2005, it sold the French internet company Liberty Surf Group SAS to Telecom Italia.
- On January 31, 2007, it sold its services for regular customers in Germany. It later sold its services for businesses there on February 5, 2007. Tiscali planned to leave the German market completely.
- On June 19, 2007, it sold its company in the Netherlands.
- On October 11, 2006, Tiscali announced it would focus on the UK and Italy. It planned to offer new services there, like mobile networks and TV services.
- On December 31, 2008, it stopped its TV service in Italy.
- On May 27, 2009, it sold its international network company, Tinet B.V..
- On June 30, 2009, it sold its UK company to Carphone Warehouse. This service was later renamed TalkTalk in January 2010.
- By February 16, 2016, Tiscali finished joining with Aria S.p.A., an Italian WiMAX provider.
- On August 1, 2022, it completed its merger with Linkem S.p.A.'s retail services.
- On January 19, 2023, Tiscali S.p.A. changed its name to Tessellis S.p.A.
Services Offered
Tiscali's companies in different regions offer many services. These can include fast Internet access (broadband) and phone services. Between 2007 and 2008, Tiscali also had a TV service in Italy called Tiscali TV. It was available in several cities like Bologna and Milan. Its TV service in the UK, Tiscali TV, was bought by TalkTalk in 2009.
Tiscali also had a company called Tiscali International Network. This company provided services to other businesses. These services included global internet connections and network monitoring. In May 2009, its main network had 90 connection points. It stretched across 17 European countries, the United States, and Hong Kong. This network was sold in May 2009 and renamed Tinet.
Tiscali also ran websites for each country it operated in. These websites offered things like Webmail, news, videos, dating, chat, and radio.
Tiscali even had its own Web browser. It was given out with its dial-up Internet packages. This browser used parts of Microsoft's Internet Explorer to show web pages. The company stopped giving out this software around 2004.
Tiscali offered dial-up Internet in Finland under the name Surfeu.
The Tiscali Campus in Cagliari had 1,000 employees in early 2013. This center has a team that develops new Internet technologies.
Tiscali Campus
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| Status | Complete |
| Location | Sa Illetta |
| Address | Strada Statale 195 Sulcitana km 2,3, 09123 Cagliari CA |
| Town or city | Cagliari |
| Country | Italy |
| Coordinates | 39°13′40.1″N 9°4′10.8″E / 39.227806°N 9.069667°E |
| Inaugurated | 19 September 2003 |
| Owner | Tiscali |
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| Floor count | 3 |
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| Architect | Arassociati |
The Tiscali Campus is the main office of Tiscali.
It was designed by the Arassociati studio. The campus is a modern building in Cagliari. It is also seen as an example of public art in Italy.
It is located in an area called Sa Illetta. This used to be a small island that you could only reach by boat. It is between the Cagliari pond and a main road. Nearby, you can find the church of San Simone and a riding school.
See also
- Tiscali Campus
- Tiscali Italia
- Tiscali International Network
- Tiscali Mobile
- Tiscali TV (Italy)
- Tiscali TV (UK)
- Tiscali UK
