Private company

Libero

Logo: Libero, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Italian web portal (established 1994)

Libero (formerly InWind) is an Italian Web portal owned by Italiaonline and founded by Infostrada in 1994 as a Website to assist users in browsing the Internet, which at the time still had a fee, and in configuring an e-mail. Alongside Virgilio.it, a web portal created in 1996, and the two most widely read newspapers, Corriere della Sera and la Repubblica, Libero is a household name within Italian online news.2 It ceased to exist in 2013.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1
  • IndustryInternet industry, media industry, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersMilan1
  • Founded inRome1
  • Websitewww.libero.it

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Libero (formerly InWind) is an Italian Web portal owned by Italiaonline and founded by Infostrada in 1994 as a Website to assist users in browsing the Internet, which at the time still had a fee, and in configuring an e-mail. Alongside Virgilio.it, a web portal created in 1996, and the two most widely read newspapers, Corriere della Sera and la Repubblica, Libero is a household name within Italian online news. Alongside Virgilio, Libero was the local-web complementation for large international sites like Google and Facebook among websites attracting the most online traffic in Italy.2

Corporate structure

Libero is part of a group headed by VEON. 45 entities, 12 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Infostrada in 2002, in Rome.1

Products and brands

  • internet service provider
  • landline telephone
  • online service
  • web portal

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded InWind1
  2. Succeeded ItaliaOnLine1

Timeline

  1. 2013Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2013Acquired Acquired by Italiaonline1
  3. 2002Founded Founded in Rome1

Sources

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