2023-08-08 06:03:37
” Hello ? It cuts here! A telephone reaction still common in certain areas of the Grand Est. In the north of Aube and the south of Marne, the commissioning of a 4G pylon in Dampierre (Aube) was experienced as a relief. “It’s absolutely life changing! “, blows Guy Boncorps, mayor of the village. “For residents, businesses, farmers… We have been deprived of the network all these years. It was very painful and frustrating. Today, I hear no more recriminations, it’s only happiness! »
Something to make rural life attractive at a time when digital technology is becoming more and more important. Like Bréban, this small Marne village of 80 inhabitants which is no longer cut off from the world… Or even Balignicourt, to the east of Dampierre, where Orlane, a villager from Aube, is already feeling the improvements. “Before the arrival of the pylon, we might only have Internet through old satellite subscriptions, with very little speed and without having access to ADSL. Today, we can use connection sharing thanks to our telephones, while waiting for the arrival of fiber optics. »
5,000 pylons installed by 2027 in rural areas
This solution, the territory owes it to the New Deal Mobile, a government plan intended to eradicate the vast majority of white areas in France: 5,000 pylons must be installed by 2027 in rural areas. That of Dampierre is the 2,500th, hence a symbolic inauguration in mid-July with the Minister Delegate for Telecommunications, Jean-Noël Barrot.
The originality of this plan involves the collaboration of Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Free. Each time, one of the 4 mobile operators is chosen to build the pylon which will house the 4G antennas, before sharing it with its competitors. The local lifts make it possible to choose the sites, according to Nicolas Guérin, president of the French Federation of telecoms: “The communities told us that there was a hole in coverage in this sector between the Aube and the Marne. At that point, we identify the area, then we work with local elected officials and the State so that 15 months following the purchase of the land, the pylon is in service. »
To identify all white areas, different methods were applied. In the Marne, for example, it was the inhabitants themselves who reported their measurements using a mobile application. In Aube, the county council sent a vehicle to criss-cross all the roads. Inside, “suitcases with antennas that identify the situation for the 4 operators to the nearest metre! ” indicates the president aubois, Philippe Pichery.
According to ARCEP, the telecoms regulatory authority, 306 New Deal Mobile 4G pylons have already been activated in the Grand Est. 196 other projects have already been implemented in the more or less long term.
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