--French telecom majors Orange, Bouygues and Iliad-owned Free are considering expanding their offer for Patrick Drahi's SFR to include other assets owned by the French-Israeli billionaire, the Financial Times reports, citing unnamed sources.
--The consortium is seeking to reach a deal by spring, when Orange is expected to complete its 4.25 billion-euro purchase of the remaining half of its Spanish subsidiary MasOrange, FT says.
--Altice France, Iliad and Orange declined to comment when approached by the FT. Bouygues didn't respond to a request for comment.
Founder of Altice SA, Altice Europe NV and Altice International SARL, Patrick Drahi is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies and is Chairman of Altice USA, Inc. and President & Executive Director at Altice Europe NV.
In the past he occupied the position of Chief Executive Officer of Altice One SAS, Principal at Currier, McCabe & Associates, Inc., Chairman for Altice France SA and Executive Chairman of Altice SA.
Patrick Drahi received an undergraduate degree from Ecole Polytechnique and a graduate degree from Télécom ParisTech.
Orange is the French leader of telecommunications company. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by activity as follows:
- telecommunication services for individuals (78.2%): mobile telephone services (272.8 million clients at the end of 2025; Orange brand in France, Orange Belgium in Belgium, Orange Communications Luxembourg in Luxembourg, MásOrange in Spain, Orange Polska in Poland, etc.), fixed telephone services and Internet access (38.1 million clients). The group also offers services for telecommunication operators. Net sales break down by country between France (54.6%), Europe (21.8%), Africa and Middle East (23.6%);
- telecommunication services to businesses (117.2%): Internet access services, mobile telephone, voice and data transmission services and integration and information management for communication applications;
- telecommunication services to international telecommunication operators (2.9%);
- operation of passive mobile infrastructure (1.7%; Totem): management of a portfolio of approximately 27,000 telecommunications towers in France and Spain.
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