French Antitrust Agency Fines Altice €75M Over SFR Fiber Deal

Sept. 29, 2022, 1:57 PM UTC

France’s antitrust authority fines Altice €75 million for failing to carry out steps ordered by the agency in 2017 over the rollout of fiber-optic service, according to statement from Autorite de la Concurrence.

  • Altice was fined €40 million in 2017 for not honoring commitments related to the fiber deployment after receiving green light from authority in 2014 to buy SFR; competition authority at that point ordered it to complete certain steps related to fiber rollout
  • NOTE: Altice, SFR Lose Bid to Overturn Fine for Pace of Fiber Roll-Out

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