Reiterating its commitment to invest in this area two billion euros over five years, France Telecom said Thursday, February 3 he had fitted in optical fiber 10 million homes by 2015 and 15 million in 2020, 60 % of French households. The announcement was made during a visit to the local connection of fiber optic network of France Telecom's Orange in Paris by Industry Minister Eric Besson.
Mr. Besson has welcomed this opportunity to "stress" of the incumbent to meet the government's request, which had required operators to provide quantified in these heavy infrastructure investments. M. Besson, however, stressed the need to accelerate the deployment of fiber optics this year, recalling that only a million households are connected today in France.
"On December 31 we have surpassed the symbolic one million homes connected and the goal is to reach two million," he said. OFFERS OF CO-FINANCING "The ambition of France Telecom-Orange is to bring fiber optics by 2015 in 3,600 municipalities distributed in 220 cities including all major cities and towns," the company said in a statement.
The operator also said it would combine "the other operators interested in these deployments by providing all modalities of access provided by the rules, including offers of financing." 
Mr. Besson has welcomed this opportunity to "stress" of the incumbent to meet the government's request, which had required operators to provide quantified in these heavy infrastructure investments. M. Besson, however, stressed the need to accelerate the deployment of fiber optics this year, recalling that only a million households are connected today in France.
"On December 31 we have surpassed the symbolic one million homes connected and the goal is to reach two million," he said. OFFERS OF CO-FINANCING "The ambition of France Telecom-Orange is to bring fiber optics by 2015 in 3,600 municipalities distributed in 220 cities including all major cities and towns," the company said in a statement.
The operator also said it would combine "the other operators interested in these deployments by providing all modalities of access provided by the rules, including offers of financing."
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