Press Release: Orange gives new impetus to widespread fiber deployment by 2025
08 Novembro 2023 - 6:00AM
Press Release: Orange gives new impetus to widespread fiber
deployment by 2025
Press Release
Paris, November 7, 2023
Orange gives new impetus to widespread
fiber deployment by 2025
- Widespread fiber
deployment in residential areas
- Introduction of
connection on demand
- Affordable
ultra-fast broadband for eligible households guaranteed
Orange and the French government announce that
they have reached a new agreement on the widespread deployment of
fiber by 2025. This agreement includes a proposal for a new
deployment commitment by Orange in the AMII zone.1 The agreement
will soon be submitted to ARCEP for an advisory opinion before
being definitively approved by the government.
Within the AMII perimeter, Orange is stepping up
the pace of deployment, and is committed to bringing fiber to an
additional 1,120,000 homes by the end of 2025.
Where deployment disparities between different
urban areas exist, additional efforts will be made in areas with
the lowest fiber coverage within this perimeter to make more than
140,000 homes be connectable to a fiber network by 2024.
Orange will also provide an “on demand” offer
providing connectability to all customers who are not eligible for
fiber within six months of their request2. This offer will be
available until the copper network is shut down. By introducing
on-demand connections to complement industrial deployments by
geographical sector, Orange is changing the way it manages its
deployments in the AMII zone.
This proposal will deliver widespread fiber
availability in AMII zones by the end of 2025.
In the most densely populated areas, Orange is
committed to continuing the deployments, with the aim of making
more than 300,000 homes and businesses connectable to a fiber
network by 2025. In 2024, the Group will conduct a trial of
on-demand deployment for its customers in two major cities within
this perimeter.
Last but not least, Orange will continue to
offer fiber access at a subsidized rate for eligible households
until at least 2027. The “Coup de Pouce” (Helping Hand) offer
enables low-income households3 to benefit from a no-commitment
package that includes Internet, TV and phone access, a refurbished
laptop and digital coaching.
Christel Heydemann, Orange CEO, said: "After
making a major contribution to the success of the France Très Haut
Débit plan (France's superfast broadband plan) in 2022, Orange is
once again working with the government to ensure the widespread
deployment of fiber by 2025. Having already covered 21 million of
the 36 million eligible premises in France, we're determined to
make this major project a national success, benefiting as many
people as possible. I want to thank all Orange teams and partners
contributing to the success of this major industrial project.”
About Orange Orange is one of
the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of
€43.5 billion in 2022 and 137,000 employees worldwide as at
September 30, 2023, including 73,000 in France. The Group had a
total customer base of more than 296 million customers on September
30, 2023, including 251 million mobile customers and 25 million
fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries.
Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and
telecommunication services to multinational companies under the
brand Orange Business. In February 2023, the Group presented its
“Lead the future” strategic plan, built on a new business model and
guided by responsibility and efficiency. “Lead the Future”
capitalizes on network excellence to reinforce Orange's leadership
in service quality. Orange is listed on Euronext Paris (symbol
ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol ORAN). For
more information (online and on your mobile): www.orange.com,
www.orange-business.com and the Orange News app or to follow us on
Twitter: @orangegrouppr. Orange and any other Orange product
or service names included in this material are trademarks of Orange
or Orange Brand Services Limited.
Press contacts: Florentin Soonckindt:
florentin.soonckindt@orange.comTom Wright:
tom.wright@orange.com
1 AMII zones (call for expression of investment
interest zones) are the least densely populated private-initiative
zones in France2 In accordance with current regulations and the
offer for access to the terminal part of Orange FttH lines outside
the most densely populated zones dated November 1, 20233 The Coup
de Pouce offer is reserved for people with a CAF or MSA family
income of less than or equal to €700 and ASPA beneficiaries
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