Orange has reached 6 million fibre customers in France, in a context where network quality is more important than ever before. This new milestone demonstrates the French population’s strong appetite for the Orange landline Internet network, one of the most reliable and powerful networks ever built. Every day, Orange teams connect close to 10,000 customers.
In line with its strategy to be the carrier for all French people, Orange offers fibre and its products and services to homes and professionals across the whole country.
The fibre rollout in France is an industrial project on an exceptional scale, both in terms of volume and intensity. At the end of 2021, using its funds and in partnership with local authorities, Orange had deployed fibre to 63% of the 29 million premises eligible for FttH in France. With a 20% increase in the number of premises in one year, France is a leading European country for fibre.
“With 6 million customers, I am delighted about the widespread adoption of fibre,” said Fabienne Dulac, CEO of Orange France. “This result reflects the full mobilisation of all the Orange France technical and sales teams and those of its partners across all our regions. Over half of all Orange Internet customers in France now enjoy fibre in the home or their place of work.”
In 2022, Orange will continue to work in all the zones where it is responsible for fibre deployment, both in highly populated zones and AMII zones. In AMII (call for expression of investment interest) zones, with over 11 million connectable households at the end of 2021, Orange exceeded the initial target, based on the INSEE database.
“Orange and France gambled on optical fibre over ten years ago now,” said Stéphane Richard, Orange Chairman and CEO. “A gamble that has paid off as France is currently a leading European country for fibre, with it now available to 70% of the country, a feat made possible in large part by the men and women at Orange who have already deployed 63% of the existing FttH lines. Every day, our employees and partners help to build the network we will use for the next 50 years.”
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