The information has been a bombshell. Thursday, April 2, the Competition Authority intervened simultaneously at the headquarters of SFR in Saint-Denis and the Numericable in Champs-sur-Marne in the course of an investigation, conducted jointly with the DGCCRF, the conditions of purchase of the telecom operator by the group led by Patrick Drahi. She proceeded to “the sealing of some offices,” then the company said in a statement.
Questioned by AFP, the Competition Authority has recognized “have conducted tour and seizure operations in the telecoms sector, “but declined to comment further on the reason for his visit. The direction of Altice / Numericable nevertheless clear that the Competition Authority “ensures compliance SFR redemption conditions for group Numericable.”
positive Reviewed 27 November
SFR, number two in the telecom sector before the arrival of Free, was sold to Altice / Numericable group in March 2014 to 13.5 billion of euros. Its former parent company, Vivendi, then wanted to focus on the media and thus dispose of its interests in the telecom sector. An opportunity has seized on the fly Patrick Drahi. While it was not the best from the battle – Bouygues Telecom was also in the running, supported by the Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg, the businessman managed to convince the supervisory board Vivendi after raising its offer one last time.
The Competition Authority has issued a positive opinion on this vast sector concentration on November 27, 2014. The institution was led by Bruno Lasserre in Meanwhile gave the green light to the repurchase of Virgin Mobile by Numericable. The new entity combines a little less than 23 million mobile customers and 7,000,000 fixed on. He realized in 2014 a turnover of “pro forma” of 11.44 billion euros.
(with AFP)
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