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Daisy Group plc (formerly known as Freedom4 Group plc and Pipex Communications plc) is a British company that sells Internet and telecommunications services, including hosting, broadband Internet connections, and VOIP. ==History== The company traces back to the October 2003 acquisition of Pipex by GX Networks, to create Pipex Communications plc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GX Networks to buy Pipex for £55m )〕 The following month Firstnet Services changed its name to PIPEX Communications Business Solutions''. Pipex purchased AIM Listed Host Europe plc in April 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pipex acquires Host Europe for £31m )〕 Pipex acquired the business communications provider Nildram in August 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pipex swallows Nildram )〕 In 2005 the company purchased Donhost〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pipex snaps up web host outfit )〕 and freedom2surf.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pipex gobbles up Freedom 2 Surf )〕 John Caudwell sold Caudwell Communications UK Limited which traded as Homecall in March 2006. Homecall then began trading as Pipex Homecall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pipex buys Caudwell's fixed line phone biz )〕 In 2006 Pipex bought Supanetwork for £2.1 million in cash.〔()〕 This was followed by Toucan and the customer base of Bulldog Broadband. In March 2007 the company appointed UBS to consider its strategic options, in regards to a possible sale of the company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pipex puts itself up for sale ) 〕 Tiscali UK announced in July that year that it would purchase the Pipex voice and broadband division for £210 million. The sale completed in September.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tiscali swallows Pipex broadband and voice )〕 The remaining assets not sold to Tiscali UK were put up for sale at the same time.〔() 〕 The remaining Pipex assets were renamed as Freedom4 Communications plc in March 2008.〔()〕 Freedom4 bought UK based WiFi roaming services provider BOZII and renamed the service FREEDOM4 WiFi. Freedom4 renamed itself Freedom4 Group in August 2008. In July 2009 FREEDOM4 bought Daisy Communications (founded in 2001 in Nelson, Lancashire) in a reverse takeover. The two companies came together with Vialtus to become Daisy Group plc. In Feb 2010 Daisy Group bought the entire issued share capital of Managed Communications, a provider of data networks, for a potential initial cash consideration of £6.3m.〔()〕 In June 2010 Daisy Group sold its WiMax licensing business which was once part of its Freedom4 subsidiary to PCCW-owned UK Broadband.〔()〕 In June 2010 Daisy Group bought the entire issued share capital of murphx Innovative Solutions Limited, a wholesale connectivity and hosting carrier that was voted ISP of the Year in the Comms Business Awards 2009 for an initial cash consideration of £4.8m. In December 2010 Daisy Group bought controversial NHS GP phone system provider Network Europe Group (NEG) for £23.5m. In 2011, Daisy Group acquired O-bit Telecom, which initially operated independently under the group, but was subsequently renamed Daisy Wholesale. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daisy Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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