Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Optical fiber: Free have sued Numericable, SFR – The World

New episode about the “true” optical fiber that opposes Numericable-SFR to other telecommunications operators who regularly accuse the operator owned by billionaire Patrick Drahi false advertising.

This time it was Free who complained this summer against Numericable-SFR for unfair competition, reports Express on Tuesday. The dispute concerns the advertising deemed “misleading” touting access to high speed broadband via optical fiber Numericable, SFR. If the cable operator provides much of the fiber to the foot of the building (FTTB), it “then often end connects subscriber to the existing cable network in some buildings,” writes the weekly.

In contrast, the group of Xavier Niel (personal capacity shareholder of World ) like Orange connect users directly to the optical fiber drawn up then landing in the housing of each home (FTTH). “A longer and also more expensive process because to install this technology in buildings, trustees need to be consulted prior to then give them permission to allow operators to carry out the development work at their expense. “

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” In February, Orange would have transmitted a white note at the DGCCRF (fraud prevention) to complain about the latest advertising campaign of the new group accused of deceiving consumers. As for Free, it would have taken the Competition Authority, Bercy, Arcep, demanding a reaction from them “according to ZDNet, which reports that the tone is repeatedly mounted between the bosses of these operators , into the office of the Minister of Economy, Emmanuel Macron, in April, which should indicate a forthcoming consultation commissioning of the extension to the optical fiber and the order flow cable.

When asked about the complaint by Express or Iliad nor Numericable-SFR have to comment. Launched in spring 2013, the France plane high speed broadband designed to connect households and businesses this technology in ten years through coordinated action by telecom operators, the state and communities.

Read also: The government wants to accelerate the deployment of ultra-fast broadband in France

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