At the doorway to the Kawéni industrial zone, in Mamoudzou, a small excavator dug a trench on the aspect of nationwide highway 1 on December 3. “Optical fiber arrives in Mayotte”declares the signal positioned on the concrete constructing housing a Mayotte THD telecoms set up. Selected by the division to equip the archipelago, this operator ensures that it will likely be in a position to join as much as 1,900 houses primarily in Mamoudzou, the capital, from the top of January 2026.
Just a few hundred meters away, an Orange promoting poster boasts in Mahorese, one of many two native languages: “Mayotte ija fiber” (“the fiber is there”). Further away, within the city of Koungou, within the north of Grande-Terre, Sébastien Tellerain, the community director of Orange Mayotte, is happy to have « linked [ses] first clients ».
Orange and Mayotte THD have been combating for a number of months to deliver optical fiber to this division of 329,000 inhabitants, the final to not have it in France. These two operators every intend to deploy their very own community, typically in the identical areas, whereas the inhabitants density appears inadequate for 2 competing infrastructures. Orange has promised 4,000 connectable houses by the top of the 12 months, and 20,000 extra by the top of 2026, argues André Martin, the final director of the group’s native department. Mayotte THD plans to cowl 63,000 houses by 2030, specifies Emmanuel André, its basic director.
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