Where is 5G deployed in France? While 2022 should mark an acceleration in the installation of 5G antennas, a new interactive map makes it possible to follow the evolution of France’s mobile network.
At the beginning of the year, about 27,460 5G antennas were installed in the French capital and were commercially operational, about 9 out of 10 antennas, according to Flashs and Lemon.fr (compare packets) that made it possible for this map below to be accessed on a smartphone. . All you have to do is select the name of your municipality to find out where the 5G network will be developed. All items mentioned are based on details provided by Arcep, the regulatory body for electronic communications.
It should be noted that a copy is available for reading on the computer straight here.
Thus, it is possible to see that Free is currently the number one operator around 5G all frequencies combined, with over 14,000 antennas installed, followed by Bouygues (6900), SFR (4000) and Orange (2600).
Ranking of the 50 Most Equipped Cities
In addition, the cities of Saint-Etienne, Clermont-Ferrand, Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux and Villeurbanne are best equipped with 5G, with a network covering approximately one antenna per thousand inhabitants. In the list of the 50 best 5G-equipped cities (below), the capital is ranked 24th.
The green light for the deployment and activation of 5G was launched in November 2020 in France. But the network experienced strong growth between the end of April 2021 and the end of September 2021 when “the number of 5G antennas open for sale in France jumped 71%, from 16,073 to 27,460,” the company explains. Lemon.
