Orange CEO Stephane Richard: renewed hope for French consolidation in 2016
The French mobile market could witness new M&A attempts following this year’s upcoming 4G spectrum auction, Orange (EPA:ORA) CEO Stephane Richard has ...
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Orange runs rule over European M&A
Orange is eyeing future acquisitions of Europe’s smaller incumbents, including Telecom Italia, Belgacom and Holland’s KPN, Deputy CEO Gervais Pellissier has said. Predicting ...
No country for M&A
French economy minister Emmanuel Macron has said it is not the right time for four-to-three consolidation. Speaking to Les Echos, ...
Iliad founder nixes French four-to-three consolidation
The French mobile industry will not shrink from four to three players without the willingness of Bouygues Telecom, Iliad founder ...
Bouygues shares up on Altice takeover report
Shares in French industrial group Bouygues rose more than 3% this morning following a fresh report that telecoms consolidator Altice ...
Israel’s 4G auction goes ahead despite Partner’s protests
Israeli telco Partner Communications has failed in its attempt to get the Ministry of Communications to revise the terms of ...
Niel buys Orange Switzerland from Apax
French telecoms entrepreneur Xavier Niel has struck a deal with private equity firm Apax Partners to buy Orange Switzerland for ...
Seven bid for Altice’s Outremer Telecom – report
Seven parties are reportedly interested in buying Outremer Telecom from Altice, which has been required to sell some of its ...
France schedules 4G auction for late 2015
The French government has announced it will award 700 MHz licences, currently being used for broadcast television, to mobile operators ...
Altice is “natural buyer” of Bouygues Telecom – CEO
Telecoms holding Altice, which recently received approval to merge its French cableco Numericable with local mobile operator SFR, is open ...
