The story
Kabelnoord was established in 1979 as a common utility company with the aim of connecting as many households as possible to cable television. In 1996 the company became a public limited company, with municipalities as shareholders. Although it remained part of the regional gas company, acquired by Eneco in 2000, it was gradually separated, with the process completed in 2009. In 2016, Kabel Noord initiated the development of a fiber-optic network in rural areas across the province of Friesland.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kabelnoord, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4