-
Greece exempts Britons from EES biometric registration: will France follow suit?
Suspension of regulations for Britons helps ease fears of holiday queues but risks ire from Brussels and neighbours
-
Elon Musk summoned by French prosecutors in X investigation
Elon Musk faces questions in France over alleged issues on X including algorithm manipulation and illegal AI content
-
Personal data leak: French document agency hit by cyberattack
Information included names and email addresses potentially taken from ANTS database following leak
Fibre optic broadband in rural areas
A new telecoms operator, Vitis, is set to specialise in offering fibre optic cabling to rural areas which may not have access to high-speed internet. It plans to sell a triple play fibre contract covering internet, mobile and television.
Rural areas often do not have fibre optic networks, or are only covered by small alternative operators and the ‘Big 4’ French telecoms firms (Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Free) tend to concentrate on cities as they are more profitable.
However, more than 50% of French departments are now covered by public initiative networks (RIPs) co-financed by operators who install fibre optic cabling to give high-speed broadband access. Vitis wants to penetrate 20% of these networks within two years.
To check availability in your area, visit www.vitis.tv
