Liberty Global Plc operates as an international converged fixed and mobile communications company, which engages in the provision of connectivity and entertainment and connectivity services. The company is headquartered in Hammersmith, Middlesex and currently employs 10,100 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2004-06-02. The firm provides broadband Internet, video, fixed-line telephony and mobile communications services to residential customers and businesses in Europe. Its segments include Switzerland, Belgium, United Kingdom (U.K.), Ireland, and Central and Other. Its operations comprise businesses that provide residential and business-to-business (B2B) communications services in Switzerland and Slovakia through certain wholly owned subsidiaries, such as UPC Holding, in Belgium through Telenet Group Holding N.V. (Telenet) and in Ireland through a wholly owned subsidiary, VM Ireland. In addition, it owns a 50:50 joint venture, the VMO2 JV with Telefonica SA (Telefnica), which provides residential and B2B communications services in the United Kingdom and a 50:50 joint venture the VodafoneZiggo JV with Vodafone Group plc (Vodafone), which provides residential and B2B communications services in the Netherlands.