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SFR could face massive fine over 2014 acquisition
Altice-owned French service provider SFR could face a large fine over the 2014 takeover by…
Virgin Media, Ziggo make gains in Netflix ISP speed ranking
Virgin Media in Ireland and Ziggo in the Netherlands were among the service providers to…
Unitymedia drops down Netflix’s ISP Speed Index
Unitymedia Kabel was among the major movers in Netflix’s latest ISP Speed Index, with the…
Job losses expected as SFR moves to drop Numericable brand
Numericable-SFR is to drop the use of the Numericable brand and close down its retail…
Orange could step in to fill fibre gap left by SFR
Orange could consider stepping up its investment in high-speed internet access in France to fill…
Numericable-SFR to pay out dividend
Altice-backed French service provider Numericable-SFR has announced that it will pay out a dividend of…
Numericable bounces back in Netflix ISP ranking
Numericable overtook Bouygues Telecom in July to reclaim its position as the fastest internet service…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
French watchdog looking again at Numericable-SFR
France’s competition watchdog has begun investigating whether cable operator Numericable and telco SFR began acting…
Numericable-SFR hit by mobile competition
French cable and telecom giant Numericable-SFR has posted a decline in revenue of 5% and…
SFR-Numericable lays out terms for open network
French service provider SFR-Numericable has this week published terms for opening its cable network up…
Numericable-SFR, Altice in €3.9bn bid for Vivendi’s remaining stake
Numericable-SFR and its principal owner Altice has made a €3.9 billion offer to buy out…
SFR-Numericable reportedly renewing interest in Bouygues
French quad-play service provider SFR-Numericable has indicated to analysts that it is willing to pay…
Numericable-SFR moves swiftly to placate regulator over Outremer charges
Numericable-SFR has moved swiftly to head off a possible reversal of the French competition regulator’s…
Watchdog raises possibility of rescinding Numericable-SFR green light
France’s competition regulator is looking into a possible breach of conditions set ahead of cable…
Cable investor Drahi in talks to buy L’Express
Cable and telecom networks investor Patrick Drahi is in exclusive talks to acquire French weekly…
Numericable-SFR launches download-to-own store
French operator Numericable-SFR has launched its download-to-own store, VideoStore by Numericable, giving users access to…
Numericable-SFR launches 800Mbps
Numericable-SFR has launched an 800Mbps internet service to about half a million homes in Paris. …
Drahi reportedly in exclusive talks to buy Portugal Telecom
French cable and telecom investor Patrick Drahi has reportedly entered into exclusive talks to buy…
Numericable-SFR chief reveals number one ambition
The CEO of France’s newly created Numericable-SFR has thrown down the gauntlet to its principal…
Vivendi completes SFR sale to Numericable
French media firm Vivdendi has closed its €13.37 billion sale of telco SFR to cable…
Altice open to acquiring Bouygues Telecom
Altice could be open to acquiring French service provider Bouygues Telecom, according to the Patrick…
SFR launches first converged product with Numericable
Ahead of its formal acquisition by Numericable, French telco SFR has launched the latter’s La…
Viacom launches new French channel
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is launching a new channel for the French market targeted…
French minister gives green light to Numericable-SFR acquisition
French economy minister Emmanuel Macron has given a green light to Numericable’s acquisition of SFR….
Cable operators top Netflix Euro-rankings
Netflix has published its second assessment of internet service providers’ performance in Europe since it…
Altice tables €7 billion bid for Portugal Telecom
Fresh from securing regulatory acceptance of Numericable’s takeover of SFR, telecoms investor Patrick Drahi’s Altice…