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Viya (company)

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Viya
Company typeSubsidiary
Predecessor
  • VITELCO
  • Innovative Communications Corporation
  • Choice Communications
Founded2017
Headquarters
St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
Number of locations
3
Area served
The United States Virgin Islands
Key people
Siobhan James-Alexander (CEO)
ServicesBroadband
Telephone
Television
Mobile telephony
ParentATN International
WebsiteViya

Viya is a telecommunications company that provides landline, mobile telephone, Internet, and cable television services in the United States Virgin Islands. Viya is a subsidiary of ATN International. Prior to its acquisition by ATN, it was formerly known as VITELCO, then later on as Innovative Communications Corporation. In 2015, Choice Communications, a subsidiary of ATN, purchased Innovative for $145 Million,[1] and it completed the sale on July 1, 2016.[2] In 2017, ATN merged both Innovative and Choice to form Viya.[3]

Viya owned the Virgin Islands Daily News until 2008, when it was purchased by Times-Shamrock Communications. Viya formerly operated cable TV services in Sint Maarten until October 2016, when it was acquired by the TelEm Group.[4] They also had formerly operated cable TV services in the British Virgin Islands as well, until their cable systems were destroyed by Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017.[5]

On April 24, 2025, Viya’s current CEO Siobhan James-Alexander, announced that the company rebranded as One Communications, at a launch event that took place in St. Thomas.[6]

Logo of Innovative Communications

References

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  1. ^ "Choice Communications To Acquire Innovative Group Of Companies for $145 Million". The Virgin Islands Consortium. 2015-10-01.
  2. ^ "ATN Completes Acquisition of Innovative". The St. Thomas Source. 2016-07-02.
  3. ^ "Innovative and Choice Come Together as Viya". The St. Thomas Source. 2017-04-19.
  4. ^ "TelEm Group inks takeover for Sint Maarten Cable TV". Comms Update. 2016-10-10.
  5. ^ "BVI Cable". Facebook. 2017-10-19.
  6. ^ "Viya Rebrands as One Communications, Marking New Phase for USVI Telecom Provider". The St. Thomas Source. 2025-04-25.