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Altice
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Altice sells Cabovisão to Apax France
Altice has agreed to sell its Portuguese cable subsidiary Cabovisão to private equity group Apax…
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Altice names B2B chief
Altice has named Pascal Rialland, the former head of business-to-business at French cable and telecom…
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Altice confirms Combes to be COO, Numericable-SFR chairman
Altice has confirmed the appointment of Alcatel Lucent CEO Michel Combes as chief operating officer…
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Alcatel Lucent chief to take Numericable presidency, global Altice role
Altice chief Patrick Drahi has appointed Alcatel-Lucent chief executive Michel Combes as president of Numericable-SFR…
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Vivendi exits Numericable-SFR with €2 billion payment
Vivendi has received €1.974 billion from Patrick Drahi’s investment group Altice in part-payment for Vivendi’s…
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Altice completes Dutch move
Cable and telecom investor Altice has completed the restructuring that will see the business based…
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Altice acquires more shares in Numericable-SFR
Altice has acquired a further tranche of shares in Numericable-SFR and has completed the sale…
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Numericable-SFR sees improvement in second quarter
French operator Numericable-SFR and parent company Altice both posted solid second-quarter financials, although the group…
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Altice joins forces with NextRadioTV’s Weill in new media unit
Patrick Drahi’s Altice is to create a joint venture with NextRadioTV founder Alain Weill to…
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Cablevision stocks rise on Altice interest
US MSO Cablevision’s shares spiked at the end of last week after cable and telecom…
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Altice names Van Breukelen as future chairman in new structure
Cable and telecom investor Altice has named Jurgen Van Breukelen to its board as an…
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Altice interested in acquiring KPN
Undaunted by last week’s rejection of its €10 billion offer by France’s Bouygues for its…
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Altice hits out at Bouygues rejection
Cable and telecom investor Altice has hit out at Bouygues’ rejection of its €10 billion…
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Numericable-SFR makes bid for Bouygues Telecom
Altice-backed French telco Numericable-SFR has made an offer to acquire Bouygues Telecom, Altice has confirmed….
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Altice makes senior appointments
Cable and telecom investor Altice has made a number of senior appointments. The group, which…
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Alcatel-Lucent CEO steps down from Altice board
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes has stepped down from his role as independent non-executive director of…
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Altice closes Portugal Telecom buyout
Altice, the owner of French cable and telecoms giant Numericable-SFR, has closed its €7.4 billion…
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Portuguese multi-play number rise
The number of subscribers of bundled services in Portugal reached three million at the en…
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Drahi “not ready” for TWC deal, but plans further US expansion
Altice boss Patrick Drahi has said he was “not ready” to make a bid for…
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Malone trumps Drahi to strike merger deal with Time Warner Cable
Cable magnate John Malone-backed US cable operator Charter Communications has struck a deal to merge…
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Altice steps into US cable in US$9 billion deal
Cable and telecom investor Altice, the majority owner of France’s Numericable-SFR, is moving into the…
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Numericable-SFR sets ambitious network targets as it posts EBITDA growth
French cable operator Numericable-SFR has hailed a “return to growth” in the first quarter, driven…
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Vivendi completes sale of 20% stake in Numericable-SFR
Vivendi has completed the sale of its 20% stake in Numericable-SFR at a price of…
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Cisco launches CCAP platform, names Altice as key customer
Cisco has begun commercialising its new cBR-8 CCAP-based, DOCSIS 3.1-ready cable platform and has revealed…
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Altice taps Cisco for DOCSIS 3.1 and CCAP upgrade
Cisco has struck a deal with Altice to provide its DOCSIS 3.1-enabled CCAP cable access…
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Altice gets conditional green light for PT acquisition
The European Commission has given a green light to Altice’s €7.4 billion acquisition of Portugal…
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KPN confirms interest as cable ops eye Belgian mobile unit
Dutch telco KPN has confirmed that it “several parties” have made approaches about a possible…
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Altice planning to sell Cabovisão
Cable and telecom network investor Altice is planning to sell its existing Portuguese cable asset,…
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Vivendi accepts Numericable-SFR offer, Canal+ boosted by overseas
Vivendi has accepted Numericable-SFR’s €3.9 billion offer to buy out its remaining stake in the…
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Moody’s places SFR-Numericable under review for downgrade
Credit rating agency Moody’s has placed SFR-Numericable under review for downgrade following its joint offer…