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SFR Looks To Challenge Orange In French Triple-Play Market

August 2006 | Company News Alert
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France's second-largest mobile operator, SFR, is reportedly in exclusive talks to acquire the fixed-line business of Sweden's Tele2. SFR is said to be keen to buy Tele2's French ADSL broadband and fixed-line telephony divisions but the Swedish operator's mobile phone business is not up for sale. The deal is expected to net Tele2 between EUR300mn and EUR400mn; the operator tried to sell its fixed-line business last year for EUR500mn but failed to find a