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107th Congress of Mayors
Ghislain Heude, Director of Arcep’s “Fibre, infrastructures and territories” department, attended the Congress of French Mayors, to discuss the regulatory provisions governing the copper network switchoff. Franck Tarrier, Director of Arcep’s “Mobile and innovation” department attended as well and took part in a panel discussion on mobile connectivity on railway networks, alongside Raphaël Poli, Deputy Director-General of SNCF Gares & Connexions, Louis Nègre, mayor Cagnes-sur-Mer and president of the transport authorities association, GART, and Arnaud Lucaussy, Secretary-General of TDF.
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Internet Governance Forum
Arcep Executive Board member, Akim Oural, delivered the opening remarks at the Forum on Internet Governance in France, hosted by Internet Society France. He spoke about Arcep’s actions in support of an open internet, and how vital its regulation and governance are to protecting the common good that is the internet, and to preserving its core values. Watch the full speech.
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Tour of the Rogervoice telecommunication relay centre
Arcep Executive Board member, Xavier Merlin, spoke at the annual conference of the International Institute of Communication, in Bogota, Colombia. He discussed Arcep’s regulatory objectives and methods, such as data-driven regulation and the New Deal for Mobile.
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Green Tech Forum
Arcep Executive Board member, Mireille Clapot, spoke at the GreenTech Forum about the Authority’s work on sustainability and the environment, and in particular about AI’s environmental footprint. It was a chance to comment on Arcep’s recent contribution to the European Commission consultation on the strategic roadmap for digitalisation and AI in the energy sector.
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Meeting with a delegation from Latin American and the Caribbean
At the invitation of Expertise France (a subsidiary of the French Development Agency/AFD), Arcep spoke to a high-level delegation of minsters and regulatory authorities from nine countries from Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Jamaica, Peru, Uruguay) to explain France’s regulatory framework for fibre and mobile networks. It provided an opportunity to present the country’s good FttH deployment and mobile coverage results, and to discuss competition and regional digital development issues with participants, alongside the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT).
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“Numérique in commun[s]” Event
This year, Arcep was a “Numérique in commun[s]”(Digital in common(s)) event partner, co-hosted by the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT) and Eurométropole de Strasbourg. 1,800 participants attended the 2025 edition which was held at the Palais universitaire in Strasbourg. Arcep teams, along with Executive Board members, Mireille Clapot and Akim Oural, took part in multiple panels on AI and internet openness, ICT’s environmental footprint, and e-government services. Authority staff also gave a masterclass on Arcep’s " Mon réseau mobile " (My mobile network) map-based tool. Mireille Clapot spoke at the plenary opening session.
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56th annual IIC conference
Arcep Executive Board member, Xavier Merlin, spoke at the annual conference of the International Institute of Communication, in Bogota, Colombia. He discussed Arcep’s regulatory objectives and methods, such as data-driven regulation and the New Deal for Mobile.
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Field trip to Antony
Arcep Chair, Laure de La Raudière, accompanied by Arcep staff members, attended a meeting with infrastructure operators Orange and XpFibre 92, as well as ISPs, hosted by the mayor of Antony. Topics included FttH network rollout and operational quality issues in this municipality located in a very high-density area.
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ERGP Stakeholders Forum
Mireille Clapot, member of the Arcep Board, will represent the Authority at the next ERGP Stakeholders Forum. For this sixth edition, discussions between postal market regulators will focus on the resilience of the sector and the influence of the geopolitical context (notably marked by increases in customs duties in the United States) on its activities.
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Fratel annual meeting
Laure de La Raudière, Chairwoman of Arcep and Fratel, and Xavier Merlin, member of the Arcep Board, will travel to Luxembourg for the next annual meeting of the French-speaking telecommunications regulatory network. Discussions between national regulators will focus this year on ‘the local impact of major international digital players’.
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