The largest creditors to Altice France met at Château Lafite Rothschild near Bordeaux on Monday to toast a debt restructuring deal that was one-and-a-half years in the making. Bondholders and lenders in other corners of Patrick Drahi’s telecommunications empire had far less reason to celebrate.
The largest creditors to Altice France met at Château Lafite Rothschild near Bordeaux on Monday to toast a debt restructuring deal that was one-and-a-half years in the making. Bondholders and lenders in other corners of Patrick Drahi’s telecommunications empire had far less reason to celebrate.
A SFR mobile phone and telecom store, operated by Altice France SA, in Paris, France, on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. A consortium of French telecom carriers — Bouygues Telecom, Iliad SA and Orange SA — made a €17 billion offer to buy their rival SFR from billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice France.