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Numericable issuing new shares ahead of SFR acquisition
French cable operator Numericable is issuing €4.7 billion in preferential shares to help finance its…
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Numericable gets green light for SFR with conditions
France’s competition authority has given the green light, with conditions, to the acquisition of SFR…
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Numericable posts loss on SFR costs, details fibre plans
Numericable posted a third quarter net loss of €94.4 million, compared with a profit of…
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Numericable’s Denoyer likely to be post-acquisition SFR chief
Eric Denoyer, the current CEO of French cable operator Numericable, will take over as chief…
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Numericable makes its case to competition regulator
French cable operator Numericable and owner Altice have submitted a revised series of commitments to…
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SFR to distribute Netflix in France
SFR has become the latest French ISP to offer Netflix via its TV set-top boxes….
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Altice-Numericable in talks to buy Portugal Telecom
Just ahead of his imminent acquisition of French telco SFR, cable operator Numericable’s owner Patrick…
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Competition watchdog sets sights on Numericable-SFR deal
France’s competition authority is to set out its analysis of cable operator Numericable’s acquisition of…
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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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Numericable extends ADSL reach through unbundling deal with SFR
Ahead of its planned acquisition of SFR, French cable operator Numericable has struck a local-loop…
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SFR begins tests of new Evolution box
French service provider SFR has begun beta-testing the latest generation of its Evolution set-top box…
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Vivendi secures windfall on completion of Beats deal
French media giant Vivendi’s Unversal Music Group subsidiary has completed the sale of its stake…
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France’s competition watchdog to investigate Numericable-SFR deal
France’s competition authority has announced a wide-ranging investigation into cable operator Numericable’s proposed acquisition of…
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Altice ups stake in Numericable to 74.6%
Altice has bought a 34.6% stake in Numericable from investment firms Carlyle and Cinven, increasing its…
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Netflix to have capacity for 1Tbps in France
Netflix will have internet capacity to deliver one Terabit per second of traffic ready for…
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SFR first in France with offline VoD, adds OCS Go
French service provider SFR has introduced download-based video-on-demand for multiscreen and offline viewing, including offering…
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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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Bouygues Telecom launches low-cost FTTH, looks to Google for next TV box
French service provider Bouygues Telecom, which lost out to cable operator Numericable in its attempt…
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Vivendi and Altice-Numericable sign definitive SFR agreement
Vivendi has signed a definitive agreement with Altice-Numericable relating to its sale of French telco…
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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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Numericable best placed to benefit from consolidation, say analysts
Exane BNP Paribas has raised its target for French cable operator Numericable and upped its…
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SFR launches smart home device and packages
French service provider SFR has launched a new smart home device, Home de SFR. SFR…
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Vivendi outlines future as media company after SFR deal
The sale of SFR will lead to the rebirth of Vivendi as “a new group”,…
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Vivendi to return €5 billion to shareholders post-SFR sale
Vivendi is to use part of the €5 billion net cash it stands to receive…
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Numericable increases mandatory offering
French cable operator Numericable has increased the total of its mandatory bond issue to finance…
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Numericable and Altice to raise €10bn in high-yield debt
French cable operator Numericable and its controlling shareholder Altice are together issuing high-yield bonds totaling…
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War of words erupts between Vivendi and Bouygues
The war of words between Vivendi and Bouygues proprietor Martin Bouygues over the former’s decision…
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Vivendi agrees €17 billion SFR sale to Altice/Numericable
Vivendi has agreed to sell French telco SFR to Altice/Numericable, which has fended off competition…
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Bouygues extends offer for SFR
France’s Bouygues has extended its improved offer to acquire Vivendi-owned telco SFR until April 25…