With 5 million homes to be passed (including 1 million homes built by year-end) and more to be franchised or acquired, SFR FTTH is the largest alternative FTTH infrastructure wholesale operator in France.
SFR FTTH will sell wholesale services to all operators at the same terms and conditions including SFR as customer with no minimum volume commitments. Altice France will sell technical services to SFR FTTH for the construction, the subscriber connection and the maintenance of its FTTH network.
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Industrial Considerations
- First transaction of this type in Europe and creation of one of the largest European FTTH wholesalers in Europe.
- Creation of the only nationwide infrastructure challenger to the incumbent with a very strong competitive position on its footprint.
- SFR FTTH will provide the best resources, structure and organization to accelerate the deployment of FTTH
in medium and low dense areas in France.
- SFR FTTH complements Altice France’s other fixed infrastructure assets: a fully modernized and fully owned FTTB network covering 9 million homes delivering up to 1Gb/s, and a fully-owned FTTH network of 2.5 million homes
in very dense areas.
http://altice.net/sites/default/files/pdf/20181130-SFR-FTTH_Press%20Release.pdf