Global InformationAltice USA information
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 The Altice Building in Long Island City, Queens. | |
| Company type | Public |
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Traded as | NYSE: ATUS |
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| Founded | June 21, 2016 |
| Headquarters | Long Island City, New York , United States |
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| Products | Cable (Internet) (VoIP Phone) (Business) |
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| Parent | Altice (2016-2018) |
| Website | www |
Altice USA, Inc., commonly known as Altice, is an American cable television provider with headquarters in New York City, owned by the Franco-Israeli businessman Patrick Drahi. It delivers pay television, Internet access, telephone services, and original television content to approximately 4.9 million residential and business customers in 21 states.[1]
As a multiple-systems operator, the company operates the Optimum brand.[2] The company also provides international news through the February 2017 U.S. launch of i24NEWS[3] and local news through News 12 Networks. It formerly operated the Suddenlink brand.
With its combined brands, Altice USA is the fourth-largest cable provider in the U.S.,[2] having customers residing in the New York City tri-state area, as well as several midwestern and southern states.[4]
In November 2016, Altice USA announced a five-year plan for fiber-to-the-home to build a network capable of delivering 10 Gbit/s broadband speed.[5] In August 2017, the company stated it was on track to reach one million homes by the end of 2018.[6]
In June 2017, Altice USA raised US$2.2 billion in an initial public stock offering.[7]
Altice USA is based at One Court Square in Long Island City, Queens with its operational center located at Cablevision's former headquarters in Bethpage, New York.
In April 2022, Altice USA announced it would be rebranding Suddenlink under the Optimum name.[8]
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2017-06-22). "Cable Operator Altice USA Raises $1.9 Billion in IPO". Variety. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ a b "Altice USA CEO Goei Thinks Ahead to M&A on First Day of Trading". Bloomberg News. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "Altice Launching News Network i24 in U.S. in February". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
- ^ "U.S. FCC approves Altice acquisition of cable firm Suddenlink". Reuters. 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "Altice USA to Skip DOCSIS 3.1, Roll Out All-Fiber Network". NextTV. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "Altice says it will reach 1M new homes with fiber by end of 2018 | FierceCable". www.fiercecable.com. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ "Altice USA IPO raised $2.2 billion in final tally". News Day. June 27, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Let's Reconnect". Altice USA. 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-07-08.