15 Facts About Numericable

Numericable was a major French cable operator and telecommunications services company.

Numericable was originally created in 2007 from the merger between former competitors Noos and NC Numericable networks.

Numericable provides cable broadband services in France, Luxembourg and Portugal, offering digital and analog television, Internet, and phone services to homes.

From 2008, Numericable offered mobile telephone services to its customers.

From 2012, Numericable held the largest high-speed broadband network in France, including a small portion using optical fiber or FTTX.

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On March 5,2014, Numericable, backed by its lead shareholder Altice, made an offer to buy Vivendi's SFR telecommunications affiliate, France's second largest.

Brand Numericable remained used to designate the SFR cable and fiber TV offers until 2019.

In 2008, Le Cable Numericable bought WSG and MTVC, the major cable operators in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

In 2007, Numericable announced that it had signed a deal with Bouygues Telecom to use its mobile network, thereby opening the way to offering mobile services to its customers.

Numericable was launched as a mobile virtual network operator on May 16,2011, advertising an 'unlimited' offer and highlighting its competitiveness.

Ypso Holding S a r l was a holding company controlling Numericable companies, owned by the American Carlyle Group, the British private-equity firm Cinven and Altice, a Luxembourg-based cable operator.

On September 19,2013, Numericable Group announced the launch of a legal and financial process aimed at the company's initial public offering on the Paris stock exchange, regulated by NYSE Euronext.

Numericable was rebranded as SFR in Belgium and Luxembourg on 15 February 2016, with its launch of Zive.

Numericable had operations in Luxembourg, Belgium, French Caribbean and Portugal.

In 2016, Numericable was replaced by SFR in Belgium, Luxembourg and Overseas France.