Altice
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French operator Bouygues Telecom has signed an exclusive agreement with La Poste group for 100% of its subsidiary La Poste Telecom, the largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the French market. -
Patrick Drahi’s Altice Group is reported to be considering various sell-offs of its telecoms assets across Europe.
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French company Altice now owns 50% of Vodafone’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) company in Germany.
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Vodafone and Altice have set up a new company to upgrade up to 7 million cable homes in Germany and to offer wholesale fibre connections to all-comers.
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After the UK government announced it would take no further action on Altice’s increased BT stake, a full takeover cannot be ruled out.
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As several companies from around the world share their Q2 results, here is a financial round-up with all the key points.
Forthcoming events
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NTT’s mobile specialist Transatel has activated its 5G internet of things (IoT) service in France and plans global expansion.
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Altice France has entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire French independent telecom group Coriolis Télécom.
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Patrick Drahi’s Next Alt S.à r.l, through its subsidiary Altice UK, has purchased a 12% stake in UK incumbent telco, BT, valued at approximately £2.2 billion ($3.1 billion).
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Patrick Drahi has succeeded in persuading Altice Europe’s shareholders let him take the company private.
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The European Commission has officially approved the €1 billion proposed acquisition of Covage by SFR FTTH controlled by Altice, Allianz and Omers.
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Patrick Drahi is to take Altice Europe private, he and the company announced this morning.
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The Canadian family that owns Cogeco and Cogeco Communications is opposing a US$7.8 billion bid from Altice USA to buy it outright and sell part of its operation to Rogers Communications.
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Alexandre Pébereau’s Tofane Global has completed the acquisition of the international carrier unit of Portuguese operator NOS.
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Alexandre Pébereau, the former Orange executive who has built up Tofane Global over the past three years, has acquired the international carrier business of Portuguese operator NOS.
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Altice Europe has confirmed that it wants to buy Israeli mobile operator Partner Communications, though it will not say for how much.
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Altice Europe is moving ahead with the planned sale of a stake in its fibre network in Portugal, according to 60% owner Patrick Drahi (pictured).
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The ink has now dried on Tofane’s latest acquisition agreements; however, the company’s momentum is picking up pace once again. Alexandre Pébereau (pictured), the company’s CEO and founder, talks to Laurence Doe.
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Goldman Sachs may run an auction to find a buyer for Sprint’s Boost Mobile operation if Dish Network does not conclude a deal quickly.
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Patrick Drahi, the main shareholder in Altice Europe and Altice USA, is to buy the auction house Sotheby’s for $3.7 billion.
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In three years the global Ngena alliance has expanded from just four carriers to 25, providing SD-WAN access to 200 countries and territories. Its chief, Alessandro Adriani, tells Alan Burkitt-Gray how it is enabling member companies to offer services around the world
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Alexandre Pébereau, whose Tofane Global last month completed purchase of iBasis from KPN, has announced his new management team.
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The expanded iBasis has made Edwin Van Ierland its chief commercial officer.
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KPN has completed sale of its iBasis wholesale division to Tofane Global, Alexandre Pébereau’s company that bought Altice’s wholesale interests last year.
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Tofane founder Alexandre Pébereau expects to complete the purchase of iBasis in the first full week of February. He tells Alan Burkitt-Gray of plans for a relaunch and integration with the former Altice wholesale operation
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Altice Europe is looking to offload a stake in its high-speed fibre network, according to reports, just months after it sold its wholesale voice arm to Tofane Global.
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Altice Europe – which owns French mobile operator SFR – is to acquire Molotov, a French over-the-top (OTT) television distributor.
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French telco Altice Europe and private equity investor KKR have decided to call their tower company Hivory – borrowing the name of a platform game launched last year.
