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The Freebox is an ADSL-VDSL-FTTH modem and a set-top box that the French Internet service provider named Free (part of the Iliad group) provides to its DSL-FTTH subscribers.. Its main use is as a high-end fixed and wireless modem (802.11g MIMO), but it also allows Free to offer additional services over ADSL, such as IPTV including high definition (1080p), Video recording with timeshifting ...
Free was the third ISP in France to offer Internet access without a subscription or a surcharged phone number, on 26 April 1999. [10] Unlike its predecessors in the niche of access without subscription (World Online on 1999-04-01 and Freesurf [] on 1999-04-19), Free's offer was not restricted in time or number of subscribers.
The first 3G licenses were awarded to France Telecom (now Orange) in 2000, SFR in 2000 and Bouygues Telecom in 2002. Free Mobile application has been agreed by French regulatory authority ARCEP on 17 December 2009. [1] The license price is 240 million euros [2] for two 5 MHz duplex bands in the 900 MHz and 2100 MHz frequency bands.
On 3 December 2008, France had 16.3 million broadband connections, of which 94% are ADSL subscribers. [16] This makes France the second largest ADSL market in Europe. At the end of 2005, 30% of those DSL lines were unbundled, and 37% of those unbundled lines were totally unbundled without any direct invoicing of the historical operator and a greater progression rate than partial unbundling. [17]
Ushuaïa TV arrived on Freebox TV on 1 January 2015, replacing Stylia. In December 2012, Discovery Communications acquired 20% of TF1 pay-TV thematic channels for €170 million for Eurosport and €14 million for Ushuaïa TV, Histoire , Stylia and TV Breizh .
Xavier Niel (French pronunciation: [gzavje njɛl]; born 25 August 1967 [1]) is a French billionaire businessman.He is involved in the telecommunications and technology industry and is the founder and majority shareholder of the French Internet service provider and mobile operator Iliad trading under the Free brand (France's second-largest ISP, and third mobile operator). [2]
Angélique Gérard, (formerly Angélique Berge) born Angélique Dilscher in 1975 in Fontainebleau, France, is a French business personality specializing in telecommunications. She is the director of subscriber relations at Internet service provider Free [ 1 ] and a member of the executive committee of Iliad (controlling holding company).
France 2: State owned. Formerly Antenne 2. France Télévisions: 24 hours: 16:9 HDTV: R1 3: France 3: State owned. Semi-localised channel, the programs may differ according to region. Formerly Couleur 3 and FR3. France Télévisions: 24 hours: 16:9 HDTV: R3 4: Canal+: Private. Subscription network, some programs without encryption. Groupe ...