Orange, Bouygues, Iliad-owned Free exploring carve-up of Patrick Drahi’s SFR: Report

French telecom operators Orange , Iliad-owned Free and construction-to-telecoms conglomerate Bouygues are exploring a deal to carve out Patrick Drahi’s French telecom operator SFR, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Dividing up SFR, which would probably be led by Bouygues or Iliad, would result in its assets being split between the companies, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources.