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French Telecom Operators Strike €20 Billion Deal to Acquire and Break Up SFR

Bouygues Telecom, Free-Iliad and Orange have signed a memorandum of understanding worth more than €20 billion to acquire Altice France and divide the assets of SFR, setting the stage for a major antitrust review that could reduce the French mobile market from four operators to three.
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