Altice USANYSE: ATUS

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Optimum, a brand of Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS), announces the milestone of 500,000 residential customers on its 100% Fiber Internet network. Available to over 2.9 million homes passed across the company's fiber footprint in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, Optimum delivers symmetrical multi-gigabit speeds of up to 8 Gig through Optimum Fiber alongside access to mobile, TV, and home phone services. This milestone announcement comes as Optimum has been expandin.

Altice USA, Inc.'s Q3 earnings report showed a revenue decline of 3.9% y/y, missing estimates, with GAAP EPS at a loss of $-0.09, also missing expectations. The company's significant $25B debt, low free cash flow, and declining key metrics raise concerns about its ability to achieve a successful turnaround. Management's optimistic milestones, including fiber network growth and new TV bundles, may not suffice against fierce competition and the ongoing trend of cord-cutting.

Altice USA, Inc. (ATUS) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The headline numbers for Altice USA (ATUS) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optimum is ushering in a new era for Optimum TV with the announcement of Extra TV and Everything TV, two new video packages that provide customers with more choice, flexibility and value when choosing their desired TV content. Launching on November 4, these packages come on the heels of the company's introduction of Entertainment TV, a low-cost, high-quality internet streaming TV package, earlier this year. Together, Entertainment TV, Extra TV, and Everything TV make.

Altice USA (ATUS) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Bharti Global, founded by billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal, has agreed to buy a major stake in BT from shareholder Altice UK, part of Patrick Drahi's troubled telecommunications empire, a deal that will bolster the Indian company's international expansion while giving the British carrier more investor stability. Bloomberg's PR Sanjai reports.

BT, the U.K.'s former incumbent telecoms carrier, is picking up a major new investor today as telecoms companies look for stronger footing in the rapidly-shifting technology and communications market. Bharti, the Indian tech and telecoms giant that owns Airtel among other assets, said it would purchase a 24.5% stake currently owned by Altice.

Altice (ATUS) reports top-line contraction year over year owing to demand softness in several segments amid macroeconomic headwinds.