C e will be the only city in the south 100% connected by the end of 2016. Orange will invest € 500 million in five years on the large area.
Montpellier has at least earned a victory this week in the competition with Toulouse. FrenchTech already labeled, “Montpellier is the capital of the great digital region”, declared Philippe Saurel Wednesday, the mayor. This is indeed the southern city only to be 100% connected to the optical fiber of Orange by the end of 2016 ahead of other cities, although Toulouse should follow closely.
The connection gradually extended to municipalities in the metropolis: Juvignac and Castelnau-le-Lez, in Hérault, will be the next municipalities concerned. Will follow the Cres and Lattes. “We chose Montpellier for its dynamism, its significant migration flows, rich student life and an entire ecosystem in the area of connected objects whose Awax company is the emblem,” said Pierre Clément, responsible for the operator Orange Sud (Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyrénées).
The Hérault department wants to become a pilot
“With Num ‘hér @ ult, we started very well, we have been pioneers, we must amplify this movement, keep a pilot department in this area, “explained Kléber Mesquida, the day after his election as head of the department of Herault.
The new president has rightly met Axelle Lemaire, Secretary of State for the digital, April 7, to propose that either the driver Hérault department of its national plan “France Very High Speed” which aims to cover the entire territory with broadband by 2022, including the white areas in the hinterland. Which aims to strengthen the economic attractiveness. It will allow many Héraultais to “start” and to develop a business from home with a minimum flow rate of two megabits.
Launched in 2007, the Num’hér @ ult project already been initiated with 1000 km of fiber already funded. In addition to fiber, wimax technology (radio) is used. “€ 100 million has already been invested, of which € 30 million at the expense of our community,” said Kleber Mesquida. It will take at least count double, € 200 million to complete this project with powerful aids, including the State which has a budget of 3.2 billion euros. “After bidding, we will designate a delegate who will then pay us rent,” says Kleber Mesquida, for whom access to the internet for all is one of the challenges of his term.
Orange wants to remain a leader in this niche
In Languedoc-Roussillon, other cities are already open to the fiber Beziers, Nimes, Carcassonne and Perpignan. Narbonne will be in the year. Orange, who wants to remain a leader in this niche, also announced the names of eight other cities promising a 100% digital coverage: Brest, Bayonne, Caen, Lille (and seven surrounding municipalities), Metz, Lyon, Nice and Paris. With the ambition to grow from 4 million to 20 million homes passed in 2022.
“There will be no increase. We keep the rates of ADSL “
Under pressure from competition and unprecedented digital revolution, Orange, explained Pierre Clément has planned to invest money” gigantic “: € 500 million over five years for nothing Greater. And at the national level, “three billion euros over four to five years.” . By the same “bet with copper there 40 years: that the fiber is technology for half a century to come, says Pierre Clément There is 20, there was a TV in the home; aujourd ay, there are 6 or 7 screens, in 2022, there will be 13 or 14. ” In 2000, one billion pictures were downloading to a year; now is the volume for a single day. Not to mention the explosion of connected objects. We will have at least 25 in less than 10 years in every home. “All of these facilities require an increased need for simultaneous connection” explicit Pierre Clément.
A gigabit speed up in the month of May
Fiber is a revolution for the general public but also for companies “participating in the attractiveness of an area.” The operator nevertheless promises not to boost its rates “This is clear. There will be no increase we keep prices of ADSL, says Pierre Clément With speeds up to one gigabit soon.. May is 20 times to 100 times faster than a conventional connection. That is to say that one can download a movie in one or two minutes. Inevitably, it will boost the activity. ” It is on this that Orange has to bring in revenue. “With the fiber, will rent more movies and more easily,” hopes Pierre Clément.
“Cover 100% of the territory fiber, it’s impossible,” said Pierre Clément. Already present in 530 communes, the fiber of Orange will be deployed in 3,600 municipalities, including large and medium, by 2022, nearly 60% of French households. For the remaining 40%, other solutions have to be found: the “copper” doped VDSL (which makes up to 50 megabits). “It is also possible to use antennas 4G – a system tested in the region and Ceret Reynes in PO – to bring internet to homes, he said is also counting on the partnership with communities.. “
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