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Bouygues Telecom
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Orange close to finalising Bouygues deal
Orange is moving towards finalising its deal to acquire rival French multi-play operator Bouygues Telecom,…
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Orange-Bouygues deal faces delay as French state seeks to protect its position
Orange’s acquisition of Bouygues Telecom has run into a hurdle in the shape of the…
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AB Group launches kids channel and SVoD offering
France’s AB Group is to launch a kids educational channel and associated subscription video-on-demand service…
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ARCEP closes bidding for 700MHz spectrum
French telecom regulator ARCEP secured €2.8 billion from this week’s auction of 700MHz spectrum, currently…
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France’s ARCEP completes first day of 700MHz auction
French telecom regulator ARCEP has announced the successful completion of the first day of its…
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Irish Netflix web speeds the slowest in Europe
Ireland had the slowest average web speeds of all the European countries where Netflix is…
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French competition watchdog investigates Numericable-SFR’s fibre investment
France’s competition regulator has launched a third enquiry in a year into Numericable-SFR, this time…
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French operators file documents for 700MHz
France’s four leading mobile operators – Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR – have…
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Numericable bounces back in Netflix ISP ranking
Numericable overtook Bouygues Telecom in July to reclaim its position as the fastest internet service…
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Bouygues top in France in latest Netflix ISP Speed Index
Bouygues Telecom overtook Numericable in June to become the fastest internet service provider in France,…
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Rules set for French 700MHz auction
The French government has finalised the conditions for the sale of frequencies in the 700MHz…
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Numericable-SFR seeks urgent meeting in dispute with Paris city
French service provider Numericable-SFR has sought an urgent meeting with Paris city council officials after…
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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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Bouygues rejects €10bn Numericable-SFR bid
The board of French conglomerate Bouygues has rejected the €10 billion offer placed by Numericable-SFR…
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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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Exane BNP Paribas downgrades Numericable-SFR on Bouygues concerns
The acquisition of Bouygues Telecom by Numericable-SFR, which is widely expected by investors in France,…
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Ownit overtakes Com Hem as fastest Swedish ISP, says Netflix
Swedish internet service provider Ownit overtook Com Hem in March to become the country’s fastest…
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SFR-Numericable reportedly renewing interest in Bouygues
French quad-play service provider SFR-Numericable has indicated to analysts that it is willing to pay…
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Bouygues Telecom to launch Android box in January
French service provider Bouygues Telecom is to launch its new Android-based box, dubbed Miami, in…
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Nollywood TV launches on Bouygues Telecom
Nollywood TV has launched now available on French pay TV operator Bouygues Telecom’s platform. The…
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Altice open to acquiring Bouygues Telecom
Altice could be open to acquiring French service provider Bouygues Telecom, according to the Patrick…
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Cable operators top Netflix Euro-rankings
Netflix has published its second assessment of internet service providers’ performance in Europe since it…
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France’s Free reportedly eyeing Android set-top
French internet service provider Free is reportedly planning to launch an Android TV-powered set-top box…
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Netflix wins carriage with Bouygues as it launches in France
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has broken ranks with other platform operators in the country…
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Orange drops plan to acquire Bouygues Telecom
Orange has dropped its ambition to acquire smaller rival French service provider Bouygues Telecom following…
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French quad-play war heats up
Orange France has reacted to rival Bouygues Telecom’s introduction of a low-cost fibre offering by…
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Report: Iliad offer falls short of Bouygues expectations
France’s Iliad Telecom has in recent weeks made an offer for Bouygues Telecom that falls…
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Bouygues Telecom adds OCS channels
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has added the Orange Cinéma Séries channels to its Bbox…
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Bouygues ups cash offer for SFR
French telecoms-to-construction conglomerate Bouygues has upped the cash component of its offer for Vivendi-owned SFR…
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Numericable shares drop as it holds out for SFR deal
French cable operator Numericable’s controlling shareholder Altice has set a deadline of Friday for its…