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Press Release
24 January 2007
PRESS RELEASE
Broadband
Local authorities’ growing
investment in telecommunications networks
Access to broadband services is progressing at a steady pace in France, thanks not only to
investments by operators and a dynamic competition framework, but also to the actions of
local authorities.
In this last area, the situation in France stands out for the scope of initiatives being taken by local
public actors: a total of some sixty “broadband” public service delegations (PSD) have been launched
over the past five years, representing a potential investment of 1.9 billion euros – a figure that
increases to 2.8 billion euros when combined with the sums French operators invested in landline
networks in 2006. The Caisse des Dépôts estimates that, thanks to these networks, there will be 3.8
million unbundled lines by the end of 2008, an achievement that would have undoubtedly been
impossible without these public initiatives.
Local authorities contracting a PSD have several, often parallel objectives: first, to cover broadband’s
dead zones, which generally involves the installation of a WiMAX infrastructure and, second, to deploy
a fibre optic network connected to France Telecom exchanges, in a bid to speed up access to the
competition’s offers. When deploying ultra-broadband access, the priority for local authorities is to
connect major public establishments and business parks (taking increasing account of fibre optic
installations inside the zone), at a time when operators’ initiatives to supply households in Paris and
other major cities are beginning to attract the attention of public players concerned with preventing
another digital divide.
© IDATE 2007
Press Release
24 January 2007
Broadband PSD: situation as of December 2006
PSD proxy
selected
Délégataire
retenu
Procédure
Procedure
en cours
underway
(AAPC
(CFT lancé)
issued)
Dunkerque
40
Gonfrevillel’Orcher
Sipperec
Arras
CG Hauts
de Seine
CA Seine Eure
Maine
et Loire
Rennes
Angoulême
CG Haut-Rhin
Hte Marne
Loiret
Loiret
Sarthe
Belfort-Montbéliard
Nièvre
Besançon
Jura
Cher
Tours
Charentes
-Maritime
CR Guadeloupe
CR
Alsace
Yvelines Seine et
Marne
Côtes
d’Armor
Vannes
Périgueux
Limousin
Limousin
CR Martinique
Cosne sur
Loire
Loire
Chalon
/ Saône
Clermont
-Ferrand
Bordeaux
Aveyron
Agen
SAN
Isle d’Abeau
Voiron
Hérault
Grand Toulouse
CA Pays d’Aix
Pau
CU Creusot
Monceau
Tarn
Toulouse Sicoval
CR Guyane
CG Bas-Rhin
Eure
CA Caen
la Mer
Quimper
CR Réunion
Moselle
Oise
Manche
20
SAN Sénart
Pyrénées
atlantiques
Ariège
Corse
Rodez
Castres-Mazamet
Source : IDATE
IDATE: local authorities’ partner
IDATE provides public decision-makers, local authorities and businesses (equipment makers,
telcos…) with market study and consulting services that address the full range of their
strategic and operational issues (market reports and forecasts, business plans, assistance in
drafting specifications, international benchmarking…), in the following areas:
• Access network rollouts: broadband/ultra-broadband, fixed/wireless…
• e-services development: (e-Gov, e-learning/ENT, e-health, e-tourism…), service platform
implementation …
• Regional ICT observatories and public policy assessment
• Regional and strategic ICT development plans
© IDATE 2007
Press Release
24 January 2007
About IDATE
Founded in 1977, IDATE is one of Europe’s foremost market analysis and consulting firms, whose
mission is to provide assistance in strategic decision-making for its clients in the Telecom, Internet and
Media industries. IDATE has also been instrumental in providing a forum for debate amongst the
markets’ key players, notably thanks to the IDATE Foundation, the DigiWorld Summit and the
Communications & Strategies journal.
Consulting - IDATE has established its credibility and independence in conducting consultancy and
study assignments on behalf of its clients:
• Market reports: techno-economic monitoring, modelling and forecasts, sector-specific analysis,
surveys
• International benchmarking: positioning studies, convergence strategies, competition analysis
• Public policies: public policy definition and assessment, socio-economic impact, project
management, regulatory benchmarking
Research – IDATE’s clients benefit from the knowledge and expertise of its teams of specialists, and
from its ongoing investment in its Digiworld information and strategic monitoring system – a veritable
digital world observatory.
Contacts:
IDATE
Pierre-Michel Attali
Head of the Networks Division
Local Authorities
Tel: 04 67 14 44 45 – email : [email protected]
Alain Veyret
Head of the ICT and Local Affairs Division
Tel: 04 67 14 44 22 – email : [email protected]
For more information on IDATE’s activities: www.idate.org
© IDATE 2007