FTTH leads French highs-speed internet growth

France had close to 1.8 million very high-speed internet subscribers at the end of June, 65,000 up on the previous quarter, according to the latest update by telecom regulator ARCEP.

The number of fibre-to-the-home customers stood at 415,000, up 50,000 on the quarter. About 187,000 new homes became connectable to FTTH over the same period.

In total, about 8.98 million homes in France are now connectable to high-speed networks of all types.