Free (French ISP brand via Iliad)
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Free is a major French telecommunications brand, operated by the Iliad group, known for its low-cost, disruptive internet and mobile phone services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Free (French ISP brand via Iliad) canonical | 1 |
| Freebox brand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3111377 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Free (French ISP brand via Iliad) Context triple: [Xavier Niel, owns, Free (French ISP brand via Iliad)]
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A.
Freedom Mobile
Freedom Mobile is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily known for its budget-friendly plans in urban markets.
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B.
Google Fi (in selected regions)
Google Fi (in selected regions) is Google’s mobile virtual network operator service that provides cellular, data, and Wi‑Fi coverage using partner carrier networks and seamless network switching.
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C.
Bell Internet
Bell Internet is a Canadian residential and business internet service provider offering broadband and fiber connections under the Bell brand.
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D.
Sky Broadband
Sky Broadband is a major UK and Ireland internet service provider offering home broadband and related connectivity services under the Sky brand.
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E.
Bouygues
Bouygues is a major French industrial group primarily active in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Free (French ISP brand via Iliad) Target entity description: Free is a major French telecommunications brand, operated by the Iliad group, known for its low-cost, disruptive internet and mobile phone services.
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A.
Freedom Mobile
Freedom Mobile is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily known for its budget-friendly plans in urban markets.
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B.
Google Fi (in selected regions)
Google Fi (in selected regions) is Google’s mobile virtual network operator service that provides cellular, data, and Wi‑Fi coverage using partner carrier networks and seamless network switching.
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C.
Bell Internet
Bell Internet is a Canadian residential and business internet service provider offering broadband and fiber connections under the Bell brand.
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D.
Sky Broadband
Sky Broadband is a major UK and Ireland internet service provider offering home broadband and related connectivity services under the Sky brand.
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E.
Bouygues
Bouygues is a major French industrial group primarily active in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
internet service provider
ⓘ
mobile network operator ⓘ telecommunications brand ⓘ |
| brandLaunch | 1999 ⓘ |
| brandOf | Iliad SA ⓘ |
| businessModel | low-cost operator ⓘ |
| competitor |
Bouygues
ⓘ
surface form:
Bouygues Telecom
Orange France ⓘ SFR ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| founder | Xavier Niel ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| inception | 1999 ⓘ |
| industry |
internet access
ⓘ
mobile telephony ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ television ⓘ |
| legalFormOfOperator |
Société Anonyme
ⓘ
surface form:
Société Anonyme (via Iliad SA)
|
| marketPosition |
major French ISP
ⓘ
major French mobile operator ⓘ |
| networkType |
4G
ⓘ
5G ⓘ ADSL ⓘ FTTH ⓘ VDSL ⓘ |
| notableFor |
disruptive pricing
ⓘ
low-cost offers ⓘ no-contract mobile plans ⓘ triple-play internet offers ⓘ |
| offers | quadruple-play bundles ⓘ |
| operator |
Homer's Iliad
ⓘ
surface form:
Iliad
|
| owns | Free Mobile ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Iliad SA
ⓘ
surface form:
Iliad Group
|
| product |
Free Mobile plans
ⓘ
Free (French telecommunications company) ⓘ
surface form:
Freebox
IPTV services ⓘ fiber-to-the-home internet access ⓘ fixed-line broadband ⓘ |
| regulator | ARCEP ⓘ |
| service |
VoIP telephony
ⓘ
Wi-Fi hotspot network ⓘ international calling plans ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
French overseas departments (via roaming and offers)
ⓘ
Metropolitan France ⓘ
surface form:
metropolitan France
|
| strategy | price disruption in telecom market ⓘ |
| technology | unbundled local loop (LLU) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Free (French ISP brand via Iliad) Description of subject: Free is a major French telecommunications brand, operated by the Iliad group, known for its low-cost, disruptive internet and mobile phone services.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.