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Numericable
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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 loses lucrative Hauts-de-Seine fibre build
The local authorities of France’s important Hauts-de-Seine department to the West of Paris have rescinded…
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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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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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Numericable to launch Netflix rival as Wuaki.tv plans French launch
French cable operator Numericable is to attempt to counter Netflix’s arrival in the country by…
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Teleste signs €20 million access network deal with Altice Group
Video and broadband technologies firm Teleste Corporation has signed a five-year deal with multinational cable…
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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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Numericable launches TV everywhere LaBox service
French cable operator Numericable is launching a raft of new services including TV everywhere service…
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Numericable sees LaBox Fibre boost
French cable operator Numericable’s advanced LaBox Fibre service had attracted 380,000 customers by the end…
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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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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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Numericable launches World Cup app for LaBox Fibre
French cable operator Numericable has launched an applicaton and portal for the football World Cup…
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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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Altice granted Numericable exemption
France’s financial markets regulator, the AMF, has granted Altice an exemption from an obligation to…
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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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Jook Vidéo launches new version of platform
French subscription video-on-demand service Jook Vidéo has launched a new version of its platform across…
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Numericable in exclusive talks to buy Virgin Mobile France
French cable operator Numericable has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Virgin Mobile France in…
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Solid result for Numericable
French cable operator Numericable saw its net profit for the first quarter rise by almost…
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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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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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Bouygues extends offer for SFR
France’s Bouygues has extended its improved offer to acquire Vivendi-owned telco SFR until April 25…
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Vivendi treads fine line between Altice and Bouygues
Vivendi president Jean-René Fourtou has given a commitment to Bouygues proprietor Martin Bouygues to study…