A privatized utility which has extended or combined its business to offer its customers additional services (especially those of another privatized utility).
综合型公用事业公司(一种私营公用事业公司,经扩大或整合业务,为客户提供附加服务)
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This type of company is called a multi-utility in Europe and is quite popular there.
The company has now completed the U-turn in its strategy which has seen it rowing back from its grand plans to become a multinational multi-utility.
Electricity is the major focus now and a multi-utility of power, water and telecoms is most definitely off the menu.
For example, consumers are increasingly able to choose between energy suppliers, with the emergence of multi-utilities (gas and electricity companies) offering to provide both gas and electricity.
All these multi-utilities are chasing the same holy grail - selling a range of disparate services to the millions of names already on their books.