French telcos explore wider bid for billionaire Drahi’s assets
Orange, Bouygues and Free consider new proposal for multiple Altice assets after €17bn bid for SFR was rejected
Orange, Bouygues and Free consider new proposal for multiple Altice assets after €17bn bid for SFR was rejected

Orange, Bouygues and Free propose carving up assets that are led by SFR

Deal would be a key test of antitrust regulators’ views on in-market consolidation

Rival telecoms groups are considering new bid for Patrick Drahi’s French business

Franco-Israeli tycoon has locked horns with creditors over debt-laden telecoms empire

Investigators search properties linked to alleged scheme to defraud Patrick Drahi’s company of hundred of millions of euros

Bids for XpFibre have come in between €6bn and €8bn as Patrick Drahi pursues asset sales to ease debt burden