1、 Altice Europe N.V.Annual Report 2018 Prins Bernhardplein 200 1097 JB Amsterdam The Netherlands 1 Letter from the CEO Dear Shareholders,2018 was a transforming year with the separation of Altices European and American activities,and the execution of the Altice strategic plan in Europe with the devel
2、opment of the Altice European businesses and the crystallisation of infrastructure value.With an ongoing focus on improving the customer experience as well as an investment strategy focused on upgrading their fixed and mobile networks for a better quality of services,Altice Europe and its affiliates
3、 have made tremendous progresses in 2018 gaining market shares,especially in France and Portugal.I would like to summarize some of our achievements for 2018.1.INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY 1.1 Fixed network:fibre 1.1.1 France:SFR Altice France owns the first fibre infrastructure in France with more than 1
4、2.3 million eligible homes passed at the end of December 2018,delivering up to 10 Gbps,and an additional secured portfolio of 4 million homes to be passed.Altice Frances fixed infrastructure assets include a fully-owned Fibre-to-the-Building(“FTTB”)network covering 10 million homes,of which the vast
5、 majority are fully modernized.In addition,Altice France has a Fibre-to-the-Home(“FTTH”)network of 2.5 million homes in very dense areas.By application of an agreement with Orange in medium and low dense areas,Altice France has secured the opportunity to deploy more than 2.6 million homes passed in
6、the medium dense areas over the coming years.In 2018,Altice France has been successful in its strategy in low dense areas in France with the awards of new public initiative networks(“PINs”)to deploy fibre in France,e.g.in Corsica,Gard or Pyrnes-Atlantiques.In the next five years,more than 2 million