Registration Document BOUYGUES

The Group
1 Highlights
TF1
The TF1 group has reached agreements with the
principal xDSL 1 , satellite and cable operators
(Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, CanalSat and
Numericable) on the distribution of its theme
channels (Eurosport, Eurosport 2, LCI, TV Breizh,
Histoire, Ushuaïa TV), previously distributed on an
exclusive basis. The new non-exclusive distribution
arrangements, effective for three years from
1 January 2012, will broaden the reach of the
group’s theme channels and strengthen their business
model. The agreements confirm the attractiveness
of TF1’s theme channel offering.
BOUYGUES TELECOM
Bouygues Telecom obtained the renewal of NF
Service quality certification for all its Customer
Relations Centres serving both fixed and mobile
customers. Bouygues Telecom remains the only telecoms
operator to be awarded the NF label, based
on the European standard EN 15838, for customer
relations platforms covering all internet, television
and telephone services. This latest recognition
follows Bouygues Telecom’s top ranking for
customer relations (BearingPoint-TNS Customer
Relations Quality League Table) achieved in 2011
in both the mobile and, for the first time, the ISP/
fixed segments.
On 10 January 2012, the telephone operator
Free Mobile launched its products on the French
mobile market. Following the announcement, on
16 January B&YOU, Bouygues Telecom’s internetonly
service, launched two new commitment-free
call plans to replace the existing range.
Bouygues Telecom and France Télécom-Orange
have signed an agreement to roll out optical fibre
in high-density and lower density areas.
The agreement, which complements previous
agreements with other partners, underlines
Bouygues Telecom’s commitment to rolling out
very-high-speed services nationwide. As a result,
Bouygues Telecom will be able to offer very-highspeed
fixed broadband services to a potential
market of over 13 million households in France.
On 15 February 2012, Bouygues Telecom was
allocated a block of 4G frequencies in the 800
MHz band for €683 million. As well as enhancing
Bouygues Telecom’s stock of frequencies, the
acquisition of this block of "golden" frequencies
will enable the operator to offer customers access
to very-high-speed mobile services in the years
to come.
BOUYGUES SA
On 9 February 2012, Bouygues carried out a
bond issue of €800 million with a 10-year maturity
and a 4.5% interest rate, to refinance debt that is
approaching maturity.
ALSTOM
In the Transport sector, Alstom has been awarded
a contract worth around €240 million to provide
34 new trains for two metro lines in Singapore and
to upgrade signalling on both lines. In Denmark,
Alstom will provide a complete new signalling
system for the rail network in the east of the
country. In Spain, Alstom will supply the signalling
system for the high-speed line between Albacete
and Alicante.
In the Power sector in France, Alstom and EDF
Énergies Nouvelles, on behalf of a consortium of
strategic partners, have submitted four projects in
response to the French offshore wind energy call
(1) Television via ADSL is the most common use of DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) technologies (see the Glossary in the Additional Information section).
for tenders. In Russia, in a contract worth around
€875 million, the joint venture between Alstom and
Rosatom will supply the conventional island for the
Baltic nuclear power plant. In Scotland, Alstom and
SSE Renewables will develop the world’s largest
wave farm off the coast of Orkney. In Malaysia,
Alstom is part of a consortium that has won a contract
worth over €1 billion for a supercritical coalfired
power plant; Alstom’s share of the contract is
worth €830 million.
Plan for the future Paris law courts complex,
designed by Renzo Piano
In the Grid sector, Alstom Grid has won a contract
worth around €240 million in Sweden for a high
voltage direct current link as part of a 1400 MW
transmission project covering the southwest of
the country.
The glossary can be found in
Additional information
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