SFR

History

SFR-Cegetel

The French company of Radiotelephone was created in 1987 then became a subsidiary company of the group Cegetel created in 1996 to gather the telecommunications activities of General Water. Cegetel had many shareholders (Mannesmann, Vodafone, General Compagnie of Water, SBC, British Telecom…) was the first private operator of telecommunications with more: 8000 paid and more than 8 billion euros turnover.

In 2003, at the time of the fusion of several holdings financial, SFR its head office Groupe Cegetel absorbs and becomes the principal shareholder of the telecommunications operator fixed Cegetel, him even resulting from a fusion with Telecom Development, created with the SNCF. SFR sells then Cegetel at Neuf Telecom into 2005 whole while keeping 28% of the capital of the new unit baptized Neuf Cegetel. It holds today a little more than 40% of Neuf Cegetel.

Vivendi-Vodafone

The French company of radiotelephone became then a subsidiary company of the companies Vivendi and Vodafone.
Having its own networks GSM/GPRS and UMTS/HSDPA, it produces for the private individuals, the professionals and the companies of the telephone services mobile, from went back mobile and to multi-media mobile. Operator referent of the new uses of the mobile, it launched the first services 3G and 3G+ of the French market. It counts 3 million customers exclusively 3G.

It is also present in the sector of fixed telecommunications through its participation of more than 40% in Neuf Cegetel. In 2006, it tested an offer of access ADSL (SFR ADSL) and repurchased the activities fixed telephony and Internet of TV 2 France for more than 300 let us millons of euros.

In 2006, with 17,9 million customers and: 8000 collaborators, it is the second telecommunications operator mobiles in France and the number one of the market in net sales (new customers) in 2003,2004,2005. It is the first operator UMTS of France in term of subscribers.

In the month of August 2007: 1900 paid SFR Customer service, mainly from the Téléconseiller S, are transferred to subcontractors partners (Arvato and Teleperformance) after a social conflict from a width without precedent in the company.

Its presidents were successively Sirs Alain Bravo, Philippe Glottin, Philippe Germond and Frank Esser.

History of the slogans

You will be always more than one simple number (1987-1995)

The world without wire is with you (1995-2002)

Let us speak better, speak mobile (2002-2007)

Let us live mobile (since 2007)

Shareholding

SFR profits from a stable shareholding with these two large shareholders who are Vivendi, to a total value of and 56% Vodafone Group Plc, to a total value of 44%.

Subsidiary companies

Principal Operational Subsidiary companies:

CO. REUNIONNAISE RADIOTELEPHONE (SRR) 100,00%: Subsidiary company of the operator on the island of the Meeting and with Mayotte (Mahoraise Company of the Radiotelephone)
Neuf Cegetel 40,7%: Telephone operator and supplier of access Internet in France under the marks Last nines, Cegetel, AOL and Club Internet.
COMPANY Of INVESTMENTS DIVERSIFY 100,00%: Management and acquisition of a holding in various activities. Holding of Future Telecom, distributer SFR in its shops in France
GUET@LI High banc 100,00%: Supplier of access Internet in the island of the Meeting intended for the professionals
SFR CUSTOMER SERVICE 99,96%: Management of the customer services and centers of call SFR
Company of the High banc (SHD) 66%: Company intended to acquire licenses Wimax and to exploit this technology in France.
MAURITEL 51,00%: Telephone services mobile in Mauritania

Other subsidiary companies:

SFR 9 - Participation: 99,81%
COMPANY OF TELECOMMUNICATION HAVE VIRTUAL NETWORK: 99,81%
SFR 8: 99,77%
SFR 7: 99,73%

Old subsidiary company reinstated in SFR:

SFR INFORMATION SYSTEMS: 99,98% (January 2007)

External bond

Official site

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