Analysts say the move could be a prelude to a combination with Vivendi's telecom arm SFR amid rising French and U.S. cable industry deal chatter. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor One of France’s ...

Transformation of regional cable operator into a French telecoms champion European private equity firm Cinven today announces that it fully realised its investment in Numericable with the sale of its ...

Belgian cable operator Telenet is considering a bid for the Brussels-based unit of France’s Numericable, Reuters reported. Numericable, which is backed by private-equity firms Cinven Ltd, The Carlyle ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The private equity owners of Numericable have hired Rothschild to work on a Paris stock market debut this year that could value the French cable operator at up to 5 billion euros ...

PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) - Patrick Drahi, the controlling shareholder of French cable group Numericable NUME.PA , said he would not raise his bid for Vivendi's SFR VIV.PA , a day ahead of the ...

LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - Around 13.5 billion euro-equivalent ($18.87 billion) of debt financing will back cable group Numericable's NUME.PA potential acquisition of Vivendi's VIV.PA telecom unit ...