By Gwénaëlle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) – Conglomerate Bouygues re-opened the battle to buy Frances second biggest telecoms provider SFR on Thursday with a new offer less than a week after owner Vivendi began exclusive talks with rival bidder Numericable. Bouygues also enlisted the support of the government through the state CDC fund, along with existing […]
By Natalie Huet and Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – French conglomerate Bouygues, having lost out in a takeover battle for Vivendis telecoms business SFR, risks becoming prey rather than predator in a domestic mobile market with scope for more consolidation. Losing SFR to rival Numericable is a setback for tycoon Martin Bouygues, who founded Bouygues […]
PARIS (AP) — French conglomerate Bouygues is raising the stakes in a bidding war to take control of France’s number-two mobile phone operator SFR.
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