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Altice slashes French jobs as it feels investment pinch

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased demand for telecoms services so, counterintuitively, Altice France plans to cut as much as 11% of its workforce this year.

• 04 Mar 2021

Bouygues throws down the gauntlet to SFR

Bouygues Telecom wants to be France’s second-largest mobile operator by 2026.

• 18 Jan 2021

Arcep rules for Bouygues in fibre spat with SFR

SFR FTTH is overcharging Bouygues Telecom for access to its fibre-to-the-home infrastructure, Arcep has ruled.

• 19 Nov 2020

SFR FTTH buys fibre wholesaler Covage for a billion euros

The French fibre sector is undergoing a spot of consolidation with the news that Altice-owned SFR is acquiring the country’s fourth largest fibre wholesaler.

• 26 Nov 2019

Altice raises €2.5 billion by flogging some towers

Debt-riddled French telco conglomerate Altice has raised some much-needed cash by selling stakes in two of its tower holdings to private equity.

• 21 Jun 2018

Nokia invests in its IoT portfolio with SpaceTime Insight acquisition

Networking vendor Nokia has snapped-up machine learning-powered analytics firm SpaceTime Insight, which it says will augment its IoT offering.

• 08 May 2018

SFR gets fined for the print of its fine print

French telco SFR has lost its argument in the Paris Court of Appeal for illegal and abusive clauses, with the ruling also noting font size T&Cs was too small for the consumer to fully appreciate the contract.

• 05 Apr 2018

Altice tries desperately to restore investor confidence

Embattled telecoms group Altice has been forced to issue a statement addressing recent market speculation as its shares have continued to dive.

• 20 Nov 2017

Altice share plunge costs CEO Combes his job

The share price of French telecoms group Altice has been going down the toilet, resulting in the departure of CEO Michel Combes.

• 10 Nov 2017

SFR gets in on the Huawei MIMO party

Huawei and SFR have jointly announced they have completed France’s first pre-commercial field verification of 4X4 MIMO achieving a downlink throughput of 628.31 Mbps.

• 26 Jun 2017

French regulator says SFR and Bouygues can use 2.1 GHz band for 4G

The two French operators want to repurpose spectrum currently being used for 3G and the regulator Arcep has got no problem with that.

• 19 Jun 2017

Altice reveals its latest cunning plan, bids for full ownership of SFR

The latest round of strategizing by French telco giant Altice went so well, apparently, that it decided to share it with the world via a press event.

• 05 Sep 2016

Altice set to consolidate media assets into SFR

Altice is to consolidate all of its French media assets into telecom unit SFR, according to French press reports, writes TBI Vision.

• 25 Apr 2016

Sigfox makes global stride with Altice IoT partnership

IoT networking platform Sigfox has gained the endorsement of international telecoms conglomerate Altice as, alongside subsidiary SFR, the two have agreed rollouts in France and across the world.

• 22 Mar 2016

Orange acquisition of Bouygues Telecom said to be close to completion

Stephane Richard, the CEO of French operator Orange, had said his company is close to an agreement to acquire France’s third-largest mobile operator Bouygues Telecom, according to multiple reports.

• 17 Mar 2016

Meditel boss Michel Paulin gets SFR CEO job

Altice-owned French service provider SFR has named Michel Paulin as its new CEO, reports DTVE.

• 25 Jan 2016

Orange looking into Bouygues asset sales to competitors – report

French telco Orange reckons it might be able to satisfy competition concerns by selling some assets to SFR and Free if it acquires Bouygues Telecoms, according to a Reuters report.

• 18 Jan 2016

Nokia confirms executive team as Combes made acting CEO of Numericable SFR

Nokia has confirmed the makeup of its senior team now that the Alcatel-Lucent acquisition is pretty much a done deal.

• 11 Jan 2016

Combes confirmed as Altice COO and Numericable-SFR Chairman

Altice has confirmed the appointment of Alcatel Lucent CEO Michel Combes as Chief Operating Officer of the group and Chairman of the board of Numericable-SFR, reports Digital TV Europe.

• 01 Sep 2015

Altice makes unsolicited bid for Bouygues Telecom

French telecoms group Altice has made an offer to buy the third largest French mobile operator Bouygues Telecom, but the bid is unsolicited and may be declined.

• 22 Jun 2015