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French Telecoms Federation (FFT) event on the environmental impact of video practices
Executive Board member, Xavier Merlin, will present the work that Arcep is doing on sustainability, at an event to mark the publication of a study on the impact of the ecodesign of digital services, produced on behalf of FFT by the Greenspector lab and the firm I-Care. This study measures the environmental gains achieved by adopting several of the recommendations set out in the General policy framework for the ecodesign of digital services (RGESN) based on testing done in the lab, and an extrapolation of their impact on a national scale.
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Mobile World Congress
An Arcep delegation, including Chair Laure de La Raudière, and Executive Board members, Mireille Clapot and Sarah Jacquier-Pélissier, attended the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from 2 to 4 March. It was an opportunity to talk with stakeholders about new practices and technologies, but also about their expectations with respect to regulation, and the sector’s challenging political and economic situation.
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Panel discussion on “Broadcasting and news deserts”
Hosted by Sarah Benlolo, Associate professor for the Master’s in Journalism programme at the Université de Cergy-Pontoise and Senior editor of Union Presse (Culture Presse magazine), Arcep Executive Board member, Xavier Merlin, participated in the symposium on “Journalists in a fractured media landscape/Journalistes, face aux fractures informationnelles”. He spoke to an audience of students and news media professionals about the work that the Authority is doing to ensure broad and balanced coverage of the point of sale network, highlighting the December 2025 Decision setting the conditions for newsagents’ remuneration.
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3rd edition of the IPv6 workshop
At the 3rd edition of the workshop on IPv6 in France, hosted by Arcep, IDATE and IPv6 Forum, Executive Board member, Mireille Clapot presented the Authority’s views on the issues surrounding IPv6 and the future of the internet. This edition was marked by the creation of the “IPv6 2030: the conditions for a future IPv6 internet” forward-looking working group within the IPv6 task force. The data reveal an overall clear progression in the rate of adoption of IPv6 amongst ISPs: virtually all consumer subscribers are forecast to have IPv6 connectivity by the end of 2027. There nevertheless remains a lag in IPv6 adoption amongst businesses, Wi-Fi hotspots and hosting companies.
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Cercle Credo “Le rendez-vous de la Fibre”
Executive Board member, Zacharia Alahyane, explained how the Authority is supporting the decommissioning of the Orange legacy copper network, and the shutdown of 2G and 3G networks, at a “rendez-vous de la fibre” event on the topic, hosted by Cercle CREDO. You can watch the presentation here and a video of the entire panel discussion here.
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Season’s greetings from the FFT
Arcep Chair, Laure de La Raudière, will attend the Fédération Française des Télécoms (FFT) year-end ceremony and deliver a talk. It will be available for streaming on the Arcep website.
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Credo webinar
The Cercle CREDO will be hosting a webinar to present its new guide to complex installations, the deliverable of a working group involving 40 contributors (DGE, ANCT, operators, Avicca, FNCCR…). Arcep Executive Board member, Zacharia Alahyane, will take part in an experts panel discussion.
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Field trip with the Minister delegate for AI and digital affairs
On 4 December, Arcep Director-General, Olivier Corolleur, accompanied Anne Le Henanff, France’s Minister delegate for Artificial intelligence and Digital affairs, during a trip to the Pas-de-Calais. They visited Exalta, a company that has integrated AI into its manufacturing processes for surgical instruments. This was preceded by trips to Etaples, then Vermelles to talk with local officials, the president of the French Telecoms Federation (FFT) and the president of Xp Fibre, the infrastructure operator in charge of deploying fibre in the area.
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Avicca autumn TRIP
Laure de La Raudière delivered the opening remarks to the Avicca autumn TRIP. Her talk, published on the Arcep website, addressed the promises of connectivity, transition issues and the vital forecasting exercise led by Arcep to prepare for the connectivity of tomorrow. She also spoke about the need to strengthen the role of women in tech.
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Monitoring a rehabilitation scheme, alongside local officials and operators
Laure de La Raudière, accompanied by Marie-Christine Servant, Zacharia Alayane and Arcep teams, travelled to Cormeilles-en-Parisis on Monday, 24 November. An initial visit, in April 2025, had brought together elected officials from the urban community of Val Parisis, infrastructure operator Xp Fibre, and ISPs SFR, Bouygues Telecom, Orange and Free. This meeting had let to multiple concrete commitments: rehabilitation of dilapidated networks, implementing a short loop to handle the most complex cases, and improving coordination processes. The purpose of this second meeting was to establish a detailed status report, and to ensure that the commitments made in April had been fulfilled.
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