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Altice’s Patrick Drahi Rejects €17 Billion SFR Offer from French Telecom Consortium

Altice founder Patrick Drahi has immediately rejected a €17 billion offer for SFR from France’s three major telecom operators. The proposed deal would have consolidated the French mobile market from four to three major players while addressing Altice’s significant debt burden.

In a dramatic rejection that could reshape the French telecommunications landscape, Altice owner Patrick Drahi has immediately turned down a €17 billion offer for the company’s SFR mobile unit. The bid came from a consortium comprising France’s three major telecommunications companies – Orange, Bouygues Telecom, and Free – in what would represent one of Europe’s most significant telecom market consolidations.

The Consortium Offer and Market Implications

Earth SciencesEnergy

MIT Researchers Advance Nuclear Fusion With AI-Powered Plasma Control Model

MIT researchers have created a physics-informed machine learning model that predicts plasma behavior in fusion reactors. This breakthrough addresses one of nuclear fusion’s biggest challenges: safely controlling plasma during reactor shutdowns.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have taken a significant step toward scaling up nuclear fusion energy by developing an AI-powered model that predicts plasma behavior in tokamak reactors. This breakthrough addresses one of the most persistent challenges in making fusion power commercially viable: safely controlling plasma during reactor shutdowns.

The Plasma Control Challenge in Fusion Energy