Company: LBTYK
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001570585-25-000021
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Company: Liberty Global Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 markets for an incremental charge. These services include Intelligent WiFi features, security (e.g., in-home network protection, anti-virus, firewall and spam protection), Smart Home services and online storage solutions and web spaces. Subscribers to our internet service pay a monthly fee based on the tier of service selected. We determine pricing for each different tier of internet service through an analysis of speed, market conditions and other factors. At the end of 2023, we rolled out a new Smart Security service in the U.K., which helps protect all connected devices, including Smart Home devices, and is anticipated to be rolled out to the rest of our footprint during 2025. 

Mobile Services

Mobile services are another key pillar in providing our customers with seamless connectivity. Telenet, the VMO2 JV and the VodafoneZiggo JV offer mobile services as MNOs, VM Ireland offers mobile services as an MVNO over a third-party network through Three (Hutchison) and UPC Slovakia delivers mobile services as a reseller of SIM cards provided by SWAN, a.s.

Pursuant to VM Ireland’s agreement with Three (Hutchison) to provide mobile services as an MVNO, Three (Hutchison) leases a third-party’s radio access network and owns the core network, including switching, backbone and interconnections. VM Ireland’s MVNO arrangement with Three (Hutchison) permits VM Ireland to offer its customers mobile services without needing to build and operate a mobile radio tower network. 

In each of our markets, we offer a range of mobile-related services. The majority of subscribers take a postpaid service plan, which often has an agreed monthly fee for a set duration (typically 1 to 2 years). The monthly fee will vary depending on the country and service package selected. Service packages can have different levels of data allowances, voice minutes and network speed, as well as other differing aspects, such as roaming charges and contract duration. Postpaid services are also offered as a bundle with fixed services, and by taking a “converged” offering, customers typically receive some benefits, such as lower total cost or additional features. Postpaid services are offered to both business and retail consumers. In addition, we offer prepaid mobile services, where the customers pay in advance for a pre-determined amount of airtime or data and which generally have no minimum contract term. In countries where we operate as a mobile service operator, we also offer a number of MVNOs where other mobile providers use our mobile network for