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FRENCH TRIO'S PLANNED $24 BILLION TELECOMS DEAL TO TEST EU RESOLVE

  • NEWS Desk Global
  • 1 day ago
  • 1 min read

A sweetened 20.35 billion euro ($24 billion) joint bid by Bouygues Telecom, Iliad-owned Free and Orange for France's second-largest telecoms operator SFR looks set to test the European Union's regulatory resolve.

Regulators have long ​drawn a red line to maintain four operators per country, resisting pressure for consolidation to match more dominant U.S. and Asian ‌competitors.

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