Optimum Communications, Inc.

Optimum Communications, Inc. is one of the largest broadband communications and video services providers in the United States. The company delivers high-speed broadband, video, mobile, and advertising services to residential and business customers across 21 states. Optimum Communications operates as a holding company. Its services are marketed under the Optimum brand, primarily in the New York metropolitan area and various markets in the south-central United States. The company serves approximately 4.3 million residential and business customers. Its network infrastructure includes a fiber-rich hybrid-fiber coaxial (HFC) broadband network and a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, which had approximately 10.0 million total passings as of December 31, 2025. Optimum Communications also offers news programming and advertising services. The company is controlled by Patrick Drahi through Next Alt. S.à.r.l. In November 2025, the company changed its corporate name from Altice USA, Inc. to Optimum Communications, Inc., and its Class A common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "OPTU" on November 19, 2025. The company's history includes the acquisition of Cequel Corporation on December 21, 2015, which was contributed to Optimum Communications on June 9, 2016, and the acquisition of Cablevision Systems Corporation on June 21, 2016.