SFR
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225466528
2008-07-13T21:05:50Z
84.97.152.218
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{{otheruses1|the French mobile phone company}}
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| name = SFR
| logo = [[Image:SFR.gif]]
| type = [[Société anonyme]]
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| foundation = [[February 1987]]
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| location_city = {{flagicon|France}} [[Paris]]
| location_country = [[France]]
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| key_people = Frank Esser (PDG)
| industry = [[Telecommunications]]
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| parent = [[Vivendi]] (56%)
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| subsid = [[Neuf Cegetel]]
| slogan = ''Vivons mobile''
| homepage = [http://www.sfr.fr www.sfr.fr]
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'''SFR''' (originally ''Société Française de Radiotéléphone'', no longer expanded) is a [[France|French]] [[mobile phone]] company. It has 17 million clients, including (as of January 2007) over 2 million using [[3G]] (specifically UMTS) technology.
It also offers services on the island of [[Réunion]] through '''SRR''' (''Société Réunionnaise du Radiotéléphone'') although the company is branded as [[SFR Réunion]].
SFR is currently 56% owned by the French group [[Vivendi]] and 44% by mobile phone giant [[Vodafone]]. 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 (company)|Bouygues Télécom]] and [[Orange SA]], SFR was ordered to pay €535 million in fines for the formation of an illegal [[cartel]] (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 challenge [[France 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.
==See also==
* [[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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