The development of mobile coverage throughout the country is a strong political will that has been supported for several years by the Government and local elected representatives. This ambition took concrete form in 2018 with the launch of the New Deal Mobile. Having good connectivity is essential for the economic, cultural, tourist, educational, social and also health life of all our territories.
In this respect, we warmly welcome the publication of a circular by Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications.
This circular, accompanied by frequently asked questions, clarifies the provisions of the law on reducing the environmental footprint of digital technology in France (REEN), also known as the Chaize law.
In particular, it reiterates the obligation incumbent on any purchaser or lessee of land - public or private - hosting relay antennas to provide the mayor with proof of a mandate from a mobile telephony operator. To put it another way, any construction or re-erection of a tower (when it has to be dismantled due to the loss of the land by the former lessee) requires the presentation of a mandate from one of the four cell phone operators - Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange or SFR.
The objectives are to ensure long-term mobile telephony coverage for the region, and to rationalize land consumption by avoiding land speculation and the appearance of vacant masts due to a lack of operator customers.
You can find these official documents here:
Vademecum art. L 34-9-1-1 CPCE
TDF has been a partner to local authorities for nearly half a century, and is fully committed to promoting regional cohesion and digital equality for all citizens. With more than 19,000 sites in France, TDF acts daily with the ambition of "connecting everyone, everywhere, faster"!
Audrey Briand
Director of relations with local authorities
TDF invites you to discover the testimony of Alain Gracia, deputy mayor of Roquevaire, in the Bouches-du-Rhône region. Since the 1970s, TDF has been broadcasting radio and television to the entire canton of Roquevaire from its Le Marseillais site. Today, TDF also hosts the commune's video-protection feeds there.
A long-standing partnership based on the technical excellence of TDF's services and the relationship of trust built up with the municipality.
TDF was present at the Etats Généraux des RIP in Deauville on March 20. Mathieu Denoix, TDF's Director of Regulations and Public Affairs, took the opportunity to plead in favor of universal electronic communications service, the missing link in fiber deployment to achieve true equality between territories.
Now that it has been formally committed to at national and European level, the implementation of universal service requires a clear trajectory and concrete financial levers to make digital equality a reality.
After deploying DAB+ in the south-east of the Occitanie region (Montpellier, Nimes, Perpignan), TDF set up its digital radio broadcasting infrastructure in Rennes last March. Karim El Naggar, Director of TDF's Audiovisual Business Unit, was delighted with TDF's "strong territorial roots" in the region in terms of innovation and technical expertise. Since January, TDF has also inaugurated digital radio broadcasting in Caen, in ChampagneSarthe and Eure-et-Loir.
TDF has been appointed by Société du Grand Paris to deploy the indoor mobile antenna network designed to cover the entire future line 18 of the metro in western Paris. By 2026, and the inauguration of the first section of the metro, all users will be able to enjoy optimal 4G-5G mobile coverage.
To meet this technical, technological and architectural challenge, TDF will have to deploy 200 multi-operator antennas, in stations and along the line, which will eventually link Orly airport and the scientific and university research hub of the Saclay plateau and Saint-Quentin-en- Yvelines.
TDF has just passed the 200,000 sockets installed on the Anjou Fibre network. This is a crucial and highly symbolic milestone, as the fiber optic network deployed by TDF will soon serve all 230,000 homes and businesses in the Maine-et-Loire RIP zone. Already, 45% of the connectable outlets have been sold, proof of the enthusiasm of the population for ultra-high-speed broadband.
Because TDF wants to meet each and every one of you, we invite you to join us at the following events:
