Orange France announces further progress in copper network shutdown
Orange France has reached a new milestone in the shutdown of its copper network, confirming further progress in its roadmap towards fibre-only connectivity across its terrestrial infrastructure. The operator has completed the technical closure of the copper local loop for a footprint of 900,000 premises. Effective from 27 January, this closure covers 763 French municipalities and follows an initial batch completed a year ago that involved the first 169 municipalities. With the completion of this second batc