(BFW) French Finance Minister Opposes Telecoms Consolidation, AFP Says


French Finance Minister Opposes Telecoms Consolidation, AFP Says
2015-06-21 08:39:38.472 GMT


By Andrea Rothman
(Bloomberg) -- Consolidation in French telecommunications
market is “not desirable,” Finance Minister Macron is quoted
by Agence France Presse as saying in a statement, following JDD
reports of Numericable-SFR bid for Bouygues Telecom.

* Macron says consolidation would have negative effects on
employment, investment, service for consumers


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