Altice
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Altice Wholesale Solutions and DE-CIX have unveiled a strategic partnership to expand DE-CIX's Internet Exchange (IX) in Lisbon, boosting the city's role as a vital telecommunications hub in Europe. -
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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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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.
