5G Deployment Late in Indre-et-Loire

If Indre-et-Loire is covered relatively well in terms of mobile network, 5G deployment – more than a year after its launch – still needs to be improved. According to the specialist site ZoneADSL, In the section there are 150 antennas, 39 of which are “real” 5G antennas.. Other 4G antennas are being converted. These 5G antennas are primarily – and quite logically – located in the complexes of Tours and Amboise, because that is where the potential customers are most.

At least 1,000 antennas to fully cover Indre-et-Loire in 5G

Except that to cover the entire department by 2030, as the state wants, we will now have to go to less dense areas. “The more advanced, the greater the effort.Summarizes Benjamin Gervais, President of ZoneADSL, which closely follows the deployment of fixed and mobile networks in France.

For the specialist, these projects present funding challenges because operators must also find profitability where there are few potential clients. “At the end of deployments, there are incentives from the state to push operators to move forward‘ explains Benjamin Gervais.This is what happened with the deployment of 4G, in which operators reached 80% of the territory. Then there are the kinds of deals with the state: we look at the whitewashed areas and we pay the operators to invest either through their help or by co-investing.. “

According to Benjamin Jervis, We must switch at least 150 to 1000 5G antennas So that Indre-et-Loire is 100% covered.