Archive · 24 Sep 2025
Altice Explores Sale of SFR Business Unit Amidst Debt
Altice France, a telecom company, is looking into selling its SFR Business unit.
This unit provides services to businesses.
The sale could bring in billions of euros.
This move is part of Altice's plan to lower its debt.
Potential buyers include other telecom companies and investors.
The sale may also restart previous attempts to split up SFR's assets.
Altice has already made a deal to reduce its debt by a large amount.
The focus is on selling non-essential assets and improving services.
The decision on whether to sell is still pending.
Altice France is exploring a potential sale of its SFR Business unit.
The unit provides connectivity, cloud services, and cybersecurity to businesses.
Potential buyers include Iliad SA, Bouygues SA, and private equity firms.
The unit could be valued at several billion euros.
The move is linked to reducing Altice's debt.
- Who
- Altice France SA, Patrick Drahi
- What
- Exploring sale of SFR Business unit
- When
- Discussions ongoing; breakup talks likely to resume in coming weeks
- Where
- France
- Why
- To reduce debt load of Altice's telecom empire
- Company
- Altice France SA
- Unit for Sale
- SFR Business
- Potential Buyers
- Iliad SA, Bouygues SA, private equity investors
- Estimated Value
- Several billion euros
- SFR Rank
- Second largest telecom in France
- Debt Deal
- Altice reduced debt by €8.6 billion