The mayor of Paris blames Numericable-SFR, the group Patrick Drahi media, not having paid all of the fees associated with the provision of premises and having him total of 8.37 million, under an agreement signed between the two parties and which matured in February, 2015.
Numericable, SFR, “occupant without right or title”
According to the municipality, the operator is the only one among the 17 operating in Paris, refusing to sign a convention drawn up in 2009, which provides, inter alia, an update rates applied. Therefore, the municipality considers that Numericable, SFR, having no longer current agreement, is “occupant without right or title” .
After several updates related to remain in Charges not paid in full, the City of Paris has decided to ask Numericable, SFR to withdraw his equipment before August 10. And if the company has not rectified the situation by then, the city of Paris itself proceed to the withdrawal of the equipment, which could cause an interruption of service for subscribers of Numericable, SFR …
“There will be no black screen”
On the side of the operator, who also lodged appeals against the balances of the royalties, it highlights a different method of calculation related to the “perimeter used” . “The difference calculation is linked to the difference in views on the surface, when we rented a 50 m2 will not pay the rent for a 100 m2, here is exactly the same “, says Jérôme Yomtov, general secretary of Numericable, SFR.
“Relations are good with the city of Paris. We still hope to reach agreement on the amount of rent, but if this is not the case, it will not change anything anyway for subscribers, there will be no black screen “ , further specifies the person concerned. An agreement is however “unthinkable” , according to the mayor of Paris because it would constitute a breach of the principle of equality which is compelled the community, which could lead to a need for the city to repay other operators based on rates applied to Numericable, SFR.
The operator also faces difficulties in its relations with the Council General neighboring department of Hauts-de-Seine, which claimed a total of EUR 96.7 million penalties for delays in the deployment of fiber optics in the territory. In 2007, the department had told Sequalum, a subsidiary owned 95% by Numericable and 5% by SFR, the mission of establishing a network of internet access very high speed (THD) to cover 100% riding the end of 2015. Faced with a yard that had “far behind” , according to local officials, the department had terminated his contract with the end of October Sequalum.
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