The absorption of SFR by "Numericable" and numericable's strategy and history

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It is the redemption of the branch of Vivendi: SFR was won by Numericable this week of 4 April 2014 to the tune of 17 billion Euros, squeezing his competitor in the redemption of the operator at the operator red square Bouygues Telecom had yet put 15 billion Euros on the table.

Numericable is the largest cable television operator and Internet cable provider in France. The company was founded in July 2007, the merger of competitors and historical Noos NC Numericable . Altice , Luxembourg cable operator holds 40 % stake in the company to the American company Carlyle Group ( 21.32 % stake ) and the British private equity investment Cinven ( 13.27 % stake ) .
Although the group brand is now «Numericable» management remains legally administered by two separate companies: Numericable SAS and NC Numericable SA (formerly " Noos ").

In March 2013 in an article on the website 01Net, Numéricâble is considered the leader of THD networks (high -speed) in France, including a small part in any optical fiber or FTTH), considered less profitable in the short term.

19 September 2013 Numericable launches IPO on the regulated market of NYSE Euronext in Paris, including improving its accounts and reduce its debt of € 2.3 billion in 2013 process. The introduction to the Paris stock exchange held in November 2013; the transaction values the company at 3.5 billion euros.

In March 2014 Numericable proposed a takeover of the French telecom operator SFR owned by Vivendi, as Bouygues Telecom. Vivendi Group decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with Numericable March 14, 2014. April 05, 2014, the Altice Group is chosen by Vivendi to sell SFR Bouygues Telecom face.

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[...] A mixed economy (public / private) device is then set up to allow private operators to commercially exploit the networks established by the Directorate of Telecommunications (France Télécom future). Among the major private operators include La Générale des Eaux (future Vivendi) and Lyonnaise des Eaux (Suez group). The French regulation allows these private companies to benefit from very favorable treatment "concessions». On this principle, a company is given, often for a very long period of up to 99 years, the de facto monopoly of municipal cable. [...]

[...] September ARCEP publishes Observatory electronic communications markets in the second quarter of 2013 and confirms that Numéricâble then owns of high speed broadband subscribers in France , confirming its position as one of the optical fiber. International Network The company is also present Numéricâble Luxembourg and Portugal. Previously in Belgium, the company is again independent of who has transferred to a round table gathering Deficom Telecom (company formed by the Altice Group and the Belgian group Deficom Group) as well as the investment fund Apax Partners French group. [...]

[...] Bibliography: Actualities, Newspapers, Internet, TV, Books on Strategy inside numerical companies, personal knowledge's, management. [...]

[...] Therefore, a merger of brands "Semnet" France Telecom Cable, TDF Cable and "NC Numéricâble " occurs . Before the merger, Numéricâble is considered the second French cable operator in terms of number of connected sockets. This group is itself derived from the previous fusion operators France Telecom Cable & NC Numéricâble in 2005, after the takeover by Ypso Holding. In October 2006, UPC- Noos and Numéricâble now communicate with the unified brand "Numéricâble Noos Optical fiber and diversification After dropping from the mid- 1980s, the first rollout of fiber in France by all cable operators which acquires Numéricâble networks and operating rights, the cable operator announced in March 2007 after judicial proceedings concerning the DGCCRF Noos , its strategic objective connect to its fiber network " 7.5 million homes in the late 2009". [...]

[...] On the principle of catch-up TV service allows the Restart to resume from the beginning, a television then it has already begun. List of channels available on Numericable Subscription for mobile Numéricâble launches as a mobile virtual network operator as of 16 May 2011, with the help of the SFR network and markets three subscription offers for mobile with an unlimited term (maximum 14 hours per month) distinct from those of its competitors. For all mobile plans Numéricâble, the SIM card is included in the activation condition within 15 days of its availability; if not, it is charged 10 Automatic termination in the absence of activation or outgoing communication for three consecutive months: As competition grows, Numéricâble launches mobile package "unlimited" 19.99 Euros per month Jan which allows it to align with the general decline in ticket prices for the whole sector. [...]