- SFR
Infobox Company
name = SFR
type =Société anonyme
genre =
foundation =February 1987
founder =
location_city = flagicon|FranceParis
location_country =France
location =
locations =
area_served =
key_people = Frank Esser (PDG)
industry =Telecommunications
products =
services =
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
owner =
num_employees =
parent =Vivendi (56%)
divisions =
subsid =Neuf Cegetel
slogan = "Vivons mobile"
homepage = [http://www.sfr.fr www.sfr.fr]
footnotes =
intl =SFR (originally "Société Française de Radiotéléphone", no longer expanded) is a French
mobile phone company. It has 17 million clients, including (as of January 2007) over 2 million using3G (specifically UMTS) technology.It also offers services on the island of
Réunion through SRR ("Société Réunionnaise du Radiotéléphone") although the company is branded asSFR Réunion .SFR is currently 56% owned by the French group
Vivendi and 44% by mobile phone giantVodafone . Rumours often circulate concerning the possibility of Vodafone increasing its shareholding, but Vodafone's recent sale of minority shares in mature markets such as Belgium and Switzerland, and its recent interest in emerging markets such as Turkey and India, suggest that such an increase is not an immediate prospect.In 2006, along with Bouygues Télécom and
Orange SA , SFR was ordered to pay €535 million in fines for the formation of an illegalcartel (see "Le Canard Enchaîné ").In December 2007, SFR which owns 40.5 percent of
Neuf Cegetel , has offered to buy the rest of the first fixed alternate operator for €4.5 billion. The goal is to challengeFrance Telecom in the market for combined fixed-line, internet and cellphone services and create "the biggest, strongest non-incumbent in Europe" according to the group's statement.ee also
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Communications in France External links
* [http://www.sfr.com SFR.com - Official Site for international visitors]
* [http://www.sfr.fr SFR.fr - Official Site]
* [http://www.sfrjeunestalents.fr SFR Jeunes Talents - SFR's initiative to help promote and discover new talents on mobile and web]
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