Today, Arcep is publishing its scorecard for the fixed broadband and superfast broadband market in France as of the end of December 2024.
ROLLOUTS: As of end of December 2024, more than nine out of ten premises (91%) in Metropolitan France were eligible to subscribe to a fibre plan, while 4 million remaining to be passed
- At the end of December 2024, optical fibre coverage stood at 91%. Of the 44.6 million premises in Metropolitan France inventoried by operators, 40.6 million were passed for FttH, while 4 million still remained to be covered.
- The pace of rollouts continued to slow over the course of Q4 2024: 680,000 additional premises were passed for FttH – or 32% fewer than in Q4 2023.
- 370,000 additional premises in lower density, public-initiative areas were rendered eligible for FttH access, with 2 million premises remaining to be covered.
- 210,000 additional premises in lower density, private-initiative areas were rendered eligible for FttH access, with 1.4 million premises remaining to be covered.
- 50,000 additional premises were passed for FttH in those areas covered by calls for expressions of local interest (called "zones AMEL" in French), with 180,000 premises remaining to be covered.
- 50,000 additional premises in very high density areas were passed for FttH, with 500,000 premises remaining to be covered.
- At the end of December 2024, 41.8 million premises were covered by fixed superfast broadband services (Fibre, VDSL2, cable) – or 94% of inventoried premises.
Monitoring FttH rollouts in “AMII” and “AMEL” areas
Arcep is responsible for monitoring operators’ compliance with the commitments[1] they have made, and publishes regular progress reports on their deployments.
At the end of December 2024, in those parts of the country where the Government has issued a call for investment letters of intent ("zones AMII"):
- around 92% of the premises for which Orange has made a commitment had been made eligible for fibre access;
- and around 97% of those in municipalities where SFR has made a commitment had been made eligible for fibre access.
Details regarding the progress of individual “AMEL” project commitments (i.e. legally binding FttH rollout commitments that certain operators[2] 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.
Tracking FttH rollouts with “Ma connexion internet”
The “Déploiements fibre” maps on the “Ma connexion Internet” website (formerly cartefibre.arcep.fr) allow users to track the progress of FttH rollouts in a very detailed fashion.
The information associated with these rollout maps is available as open data.
SUBSCRIPTIONS: As of end of December 2024, more than eight out of ten internet subscriptions were superfast broadband plans. Three quarters of them are FttH subscriptions.
- Subscriptions to fibre plans grew by +745,000 in Q4 2024, compared to + 840,000 in the fourth quarter of 2023. Despite a decrease in the pace of rollouts over the past three years, progress in subscription numbers remains steady. The number of FttH subscriptions thus stood at 24.4 million at the end of December 2024, which represents 75% all internet subscriptions and 91% of all superfast internet subscriptions
- The increase in FttH subscribers is the main reason for the ongoing growth of superfast broadband subscriptions (+ 635,000 in Q4 2024, compared to + 650,000 in Q4 2023). In addition to fibre, these subscriptions include VDSL2, cable, satellite, superfast wireless and fixed 4G and 5G plans. Superfast broadband subscriptions stood at 26.7 million as of end of December 2024, or 82% of all internet subscriptions in Metropolitan France.
- The number of “classic” broadband subscriptions continues to shrink: - 540,000 in Q4 2024 compared to - 565,000 in Q4 2023. Their numbers had dropped to 5.8 million as of end of December 2024.
- The number of broadband and superfast broadband subscriptions stood at 32.6 million at the end of December 2024. Although growth has been slowing steadily for close to three years, 100,000 additional subscriptions were recorded in Q4 2024, compared to + 90,000 in Q4 2023.
Associated documents
- Scorecard for fixed broadband and superfast broadband services – figures for Q4 2024
- Maconnexioninternet.arcep.fr, to obtain detailed information on fixed internet access coverage, particularly thanks to FttH rollout maps (which are also still available at https://cartefibre.arcep.fr / Open data: data on fibre and data on all access technologies
[2] Altitude Infra subsidiaries (Coraï, PIXL), Orange, XpFibre, and XpFibre subsidiaries (Saône-et-Loire THD, Savoie Connectée)