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BITĖ Group

Logo: Bitė Lietuva, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Lithuanian telecommunications group

Bitė Group (Lithuanian: Bitės grupė) is a Lithuanian telecommunication conglomerate currently owned by Providence Equity Partners since 2016, having been owned by TDC in Denmark until 2007 and by Mid Europa Partners between 2007 and 2016. Of Baltic states, Bitė mainly operates in telecommunication sector in Lithuania and Latvia, but through its media business TV3 Group (which Bitė assumed through Providence's acquisition of Viasat's Baltic business in 2017), it has an additional presence in Estonia.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 1, 2023Founded1
  • Industrymobile phone industry, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersVilnius1
  • Websitewww.bitegroup.net
Bitė Lietuva, Vilnius
Photo: Abredukas, CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikipedia5

Bitė Group (Lithuanian: Bitės grupė) is a Lithuanian telecommunication conglomerate currently owned by Providence Equity Partners since 2016, having been owned by TDC in Denmark until 2007 and by Mid Europa Partners between 2007 and 2016. Of Baltic states, Bitė mainly operates in telecommunication sector in Lithuania and Latvia, but through its media business TV3 Group (which Bitė assumed through Providence's acquisition of Viasat's Baltic business in 2017), it has an additional presence in Estonia.2

Corporate structure

BITĖ Group sits at the top of its group. 9 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • BITĖ Group Vilnius
    • Bite Latvija Subsidiary · Riga, Latvia
    • Bitė Lietuva Subsidiary · Vilnius, Lithuania
      • TV3 Group Subsidiary · Vilnius
        • All Media Latvia Subsidiary · 100% · Riga, Latvia
        • Power Hit Radio Subsidiary · Estonia
        • TV3 Subsidiary · Lithuania
        • TV6 Subsidiary · Lithuania
        • TV8 Subsidiary · Lithuania

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Bitė began its operation in Lithuania in 1995.

On 21 July 2003, Bitė signed a Partner Network Agreement for Lithuania with British multinational mobile telecommunication company Vodafone.

In 2005, Bitė entered Latvian market. Following this, Bitė's Partner Network Agreement with Vodafone was extended to its Latvian service in April 2006.

In early 2007, Danish company TDC announced the sale of Bitė Group to Mid Europa Partners.

In December 2015, Mid Europa Partners announced that it was selling the group to Providence Equity Partners; the sale was completed in February 2016.

In March 2017, it was announced that Providence was acquiring Viasat's Baltic media and satellite television business for €115 million from Swedish company Modern Times Group (MTG), which was in the process of transforming itself into a video game company. In May 2017, it was emerged that Providence-owned Bitė would be the party to purchase MTG assets in question. The sale was completed in October 2017. The newly formed pan-Baltic media company, initially named All Media Baltics, was renamed TV3 Group in 2019. In 2020, a bond issue was carried out, during which Bitė Group raised 620 million euros. In January 2023, TV3 Group, controlled by Bitė Group, signed an agreement to acquire radio stations operated by M-1.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bitė Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Lithuania

Bitė began its operation as a mobile network operator in 1995 with its services over GSM, becoming the second company to provide mobile telephony in Lithuania (the first being Omnitel, which was later merged with Teo and rebranded as Telia in 2017).

Bitė subsequently launched EDGE services (2.5G) in 2004, HSDPA services (3.5G) in 2006, and LTE-A service in 2014.

On 1 December 2025, Bitė will switch off 3G network.

Latvia

Bitė entered Latvian telecommunications market in 2005 through its subsidiary Bite Latvija.

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Estonia

Bitė Group is yet to have a presence in Estonian telecommunications market, but it has expressed its intention to launch their business there once they win the Estonian 5G spectrum auction.

Meanwhile, TV3 Group's Estonian subsidiary AS TV Play Baltics operates direct-to-home satellite television service Home3 (formerly known as Viasat and TVPlay Home) for customers there and two other Baltic countries.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bitė Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Sep 1, 2023Founded Founded1

Sources

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