EC cedes oversight of SFR takeover to French authorities

Anne Morris2026-07-16T15:23:00

Source: Unsplash / Daniel James

Iliad’s SFR transaction was a potential sticking point, but the EC has agreed to refer it to France, with discussions already underway with Bouygues Telecom and Orange.

This article includes:

Organisations: Altice France; Autorité de la concurrence; Bouygues Telecom; Coriolis; European Commission; Iliad Group; Orange; Prixtel; RED by SFR; Régio; SFR; Syma.
Geographic: France; Italy; Poland.
Themes: Acquisition; Assets; B2B Fixed Infrastructure; Co-investment Deal (Faber); Consumer Business; Debt; Due Diligence; EBITDAaL; Enterprise Value; Exclusivity Period; Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH); Fixed Networks; Integration Phase; IT Systems; Joint Agreement; Memorandum of Understanding (MoU); Migration; Mobile Network; Mobile Network Operator (MNO); Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO); Network Sharing Agreement (Crozon); Operators; Pre-notification Documents; Reasoned Submission (Mémoire Motivé); Restructuring Exercise; Revenue; Shareholder Structure; Small Business Customers; Spectrum Frequencies; Store Network; Takeover; Transactions; Transition Period.

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