French construction and telecommunications group Bouygues, has offered €10.5 billion cash for Vivendi’s SFR unit, setting up a bidding war with billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice group and potentially creating a phone carrier to rival Orange. Bouygues said its offer, which includes assets at the Bouygues Telecom unit and is fully backed by financing from HSBC, would generate additional revenue and [...]
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