Communiqué de presse sans visuel

21 May 2014
Public electricity distribution networks
contribute to the deployment of super-fast broadband
Xavier Pintat, Chairman of FNCCR and Philippe Monloubou, Chairman of
the Management Board of ERDF, signed a partnership agreement on 21
May 2014 on super-fast broadband to optimize conditions for massive
use of electricity poles to enable faster and cheaper deployment of
optical fibre.
ERDF manages nearly 750,000 km of medium and low-voltage overhead lines
(20,000 to 380 volts) under franchise contracts with energy associations
(authorities organizing public-service electricity distribution).
These lines supply all France's metropolitan departments; they constitute an
invaluable resource for facilitating and accelerating deployment of super-fast
broadband with costs and lead times 2 to 3 times lower than the construction
of underground networks.
The nationwide development of super-fast broadband long-awaited by
households, businesses or public services will, as we know, depend on the
capacity of operators and local authorities to construct hundreds of thousands
of kilometres of optical fibre service networks.
This partnership for super-fast broadband gives concrete expression to one of
the commitments of the FNCCR-ERDF 2014-2017 protocol signed on 18
September 2013.
This network concession will thus facilitate super-fast broadband coverage of
all regions and help achieve national and European targets in this respect.
ERDF press service
01 47 74 75 98
FNCCR press service
01 40 62 16 38 / 06 26 41 64 91
ERDF, Électricité Réseau Distribution France, a public limited company with a Board of Management and Supervisory Board, having a capital of 270,037,000 euros - Tour Winterthur 92085 La Défense Cedex - R.C.S. Nanterre 444 608 442
UNION NATIONALE DES FÉDÉRATIONS D’ORGANISMES HLM • 14, rue Lord Byron • 75384 Paris Cedex 08 • Tel.: 01 40 75 78 00 • Fax: 01 40 75 79 83 • Association Loi 1901 • Siret 775 697 907 00068 • APE 913 E
Électricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF), formed on 1 January 2008, manages 95% of the electricity
distribution networks in metropolitan France. The company, with a workforce of 35000, operates, develops
and maintains 1.3 million km of electric lines serving 35 million customers. In this capacity it carries out
numerous operations on this network such as connections, entries into service, repairs and changes of
supplier.
For more information: www.erdfdistribution.fr
FNCCR – Formed in 1934, the Fédération nationale des collectivités concédantes et régies (FNCCR) is an
association of more than 600 local and regional authorities and inter-district public corporations specialized
in public service electricity, gas, water and drainage services, electronic communications, waste reclamation,
recycling and re-use, whether these services are under concession or managed directly (under local
government control).
The local authorities or groupings thereof, which organize public distribution of electricity operated under
concession or local government control, are the owners of the low and medium-voltage electricity
distribution networks.
For more information: www.fnccr.fr / www.clairenergie.fr / www.energie2007.fr / www.servicedeau.fr /
www.telecom2012.fr
ERDF press service
01 47 74 75 98
FNCCR press service
01 40 62 16 38 / 06 26 41 64 91
ERDF, Électricité Réseau Distribution France, a public limited company with a Board of Management and Supervisory Board, having a capital of 270,037,000 euros - Tour Winterthur 92085 La Défense Cedex - R.C.S. Nanterre 444 608 442
UNION NATIONALE DES FÉDÉRATIONS D’ORGANISMES HLM • 14, rue Lord Byron • 75384 Paris Cedex 08 • Tel.: 01 40 75 78 00 • Fax: 01 40 75 79 83 • Association Loi 1901 • Siret 775 697 907 00068 • APE 913 E