Fixed Broadband and Superfast Broadband Market

Today, Arcep is publishing its scorecard for the fixed broadband and superfast broadband market in France as of the end of June 2026.

ROLLOUTS: More than 95% of households are now able to subscribe to a fibre service.

At the end of June 2026, of the 45.2 million households across the country:

· 43.1 million are passed for FttH services (275,000 additional households passed during the quarter), which represents a coverage rate of 95.3%.

· 2.1 million households still remain to be covered. Operators are reporting that, as of this writing, more than a third of these are either households whose fibre installation work has been refused by a third party [1] or homes that are still under construction.

In lower density areas covered by Public Initiative Networks (PIN):

· 140,000 additional households were rendered eligible for FttH access during the quarter,

· 970,000 households (or 5 %) still remain to be covered.

In lower density areas covered by private initiative deployments:

· 75,000 additional households were rendered eligible for FttH access during the quarter,

· 725,000 households (or 4%) still remain to be covered.

In those areas covered by calls for expressions of local interest (called "zones AMEL" in French):

· 10,000 households were passed for fibre in during the quarter,

· 50,000 households (or 3%) still remain to be covered.

In very high-density areas:

· 50,000 households were passed for fibre during the quarter,

· 375,000 households (or 5%) still remain to be covered.

As of 30 June 2026, 43.7 million households were covered by fixed ultrafast services (FttH, VDSL2, cable), or 96.7% of all households in France.

Monitoring FttH rollouts in “AMII” and “AMEL” areas

Arcep is responsible for monitoring operators’ compliance with the commitments [2] they have made, and publishes regular progress reports on their deployments.

As of 30 June 2026, in those parts of the country where the Government has issued a call for investment letters of intent ("zones AMII"):

· 96.4% of households in municipalities where Orange has made a commitment were eligible for fibre access;

· 98.3% of households in municipalities where SFR has made a commitment were eligible for fibre access.

Details regarding the progress of individual “AMEL” project commitments (i.e. legally binding FttH rollout commitments that certain operators [3] have made to local authorities, as part of calls for expressions of local interest) can be found in pages 18 to 22 of the publication.