Neuf Cegetel

Neuf Cegetel used to be a French wireline telecom services provider and a mobile virtual network operator . As of June 2008, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of SFR and the brand disappeared commercially. It was offering different services to consumers, enterprises and wholesale customers, ranking number two in the country . It had been legally established in 2005 following the completion of the merger between Neuf Telecom and Cegetel. LDCOM was established with telecom deregulation in 1998 by the Louis Dreyfus Group, "with a mission to rapidly gain access to a network,... penetrate into the center of the major urban areas, provide means of interconnection with the motorway networks, and offer the possibility of competitive long-distance links". The group was originally providing services to other operators and internet services providers . In other words, it was present on the wholesale market only. LDCOM was the owner of the network.
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