Patrick Drahi
Israeli and French businessman
Photo: Ecole polytechnique Université Paris-Saclay, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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- Sep 24
SFR workers strike across France against €20.35 billion breakup sale to telecom rivals
Thousands of employees demonstrated outside Altice headquarters in Paris and regional offices on 24 September 2026, protesting job cuts linked to the takeover by Bouygues Telecom, Orange, and Free.
- Jun 7
Orange, Bouygues and Free sign €20.35 billion deal to acquire SFR from Altice France, reshaping the French telecoms market
Bouygues Telecom, Free-iliad and Orange signed an agreement with Altice France on Saturday evening to acquire rival operator SFR, a transaction that would reduce the French mobile market from four players to three.