Altice USA

<p>Altice USA, Inc., commonly known as Altice, is an American <a href="/facts/Telecommunications/vxoj1cxR">telecommunications</a> provider with <a href="/facts/Headquarters/5rUlMcoP">headquarters</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, owned by the <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">Franco</a>-<a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israeli</a> businessman <a href="/facts/Patrick_Drahi/GxzHo9KR">Patrick Drahi</a>. The company delivers pay television, <a href="/facts/Internet_access/EMbwSrnK">Internet access</a>, <a href="/facts/Telephone/P7uEgWQX">telephone</a> services, and original television content to approximately 4.9 million residential and business customers in 21 U.S. states. Altice USA is based at <a href="/facts/One_Court_Square/f9NteL6H">One Court Square</a> in <a href="/facts/Long_Island_City/sXT9qseN">Long Island City</a>, <a href="/facts/Queens/PbwLQxFH">Queens</a>, New York City. The company's operational center is located at <a href="/facts/Cablevision/nenJHGlj">Cablevision</a>'s former headquarters in <a href="/facts/Bethpage,_New_York/ty5686Vo">Bethpage</a>, <a href="/facts/Nassau_County,_New_York/QcU1enqJ">Nassau County</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a>, on <a href="/facts/Long_Island/u42NF647">Long Island</a>. With its combined brands, Altice USA is the fourth-largest cable provider in the U.S., serving customers residing in the <a href="/facts/New_York_metropolitan_area/vGvjnvyK">New York metropolitan area</a> as well as in several <a href="/facts/Midwestern_United_States/VanHjkw2">Midwestern</a> and <a href="/facts/Southern_United_States/ppnGuAtB">Southern</a> U.S. states.
</p><p>As a <a href="/facts/List_of_multiple-system_operators/Kp5CXdv8">multiple-systems operator</a>, the company operates the <a href="/facts/Optimum_(cable_brand)/JnCrmj70">Optimum</a> brand. The company also provides international news through the February 2017 U.S. launch of <a href="/facts/I24_News_(American_TV_channel)/IgSLtSYS">i24NEWS</a> and local news through <a href="/facts/News_12_Networks/d7kIPaJc">News 12 Networks</a>. In November 2016, Altice USA announced a five-year plan for <a href="/facts/Fiber-to-the-home/YaokmYnc">fiber-to-the-home</a> service to build a <a href="/facts/Fiberoptic_communication/dc6S0Hg5">network</a> capable of delivering 10 Gbit/s broadband speed. In August 2017, the company stated it was on track to reach one million homes by the end of 2018. In June 2017, Altice USA raised US$2.2 billion in an <a href="/facts/Initial_public_offering/2NntDhrG">initial public stock offering</a>. In April 2022, Altice USA announced that the company would be rebranding its former <a href="/facts/Suddenlink_Communications/pcsSMfBq">Suddenlink</a> brand under the Optimum name.
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