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Paris, August 20, 2019

Free's fiber offer is now available to homes in the Vaucluse region covered by the Public Initiative Network ("PIN") operated by Vaucluse-Numérique.

This new availability confirms Free's commitment to the rollout of fiber throughout France and is in line with its aim of having a presence on Public Initiative Networks.

Free's fiber offer is therefore now available to over 15,000 homes, and in a month's time it will cover the more-than 30,000 homes in over 20 municipalities already served by Vaucluse-Numérique in the Vaucluse region.

A second roll-out phase is planned as of mid-October, which will enable Free Fiber to be marketed to 6,000 additional homes, corresponding to Vaucluse-Numérique's entire current rollout.

Free's fiber offering will subsequently also be available in all of the municipalities where Vaucluse-Numérique will be launching rollouts in the near future.

By the end of the summer, Free Fiber - which is already available to the homes covered by the incumbent operator in the AMII areas1 of Avignon, Cavaillon and Carpentras - will be available to over 70,000 homes in the Vaucluse region.

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List of municipalities covered by Free Fiber via the Vaucluse-Numérique network as at end-August:

List of municipalities that will be covered by Free Fiber via the Vaucluse-Numérique network in October:

Free's presence on the Vaucluse-Numérique network further illustrates its objective of offering fiber services throughout France and of being able to propose a fiber offer to French consumers costing from €14.99 per month for 12 months (and then €34.99/month).

In addition, Free is the only operator to offer 10G-EPON fiber technology2 (subject to the subscriber having a compatible offer and Freebox).

As from today, people living in the Vaucluse region can check their eligibility and subscribe for Free Fiber at www.free.fr or on 1033 (a freephone number dedicated to Free Fiber) or in the Free Center in Avignon.

Freebox ADSL subscribers eligible for Free Fiber will be contacted by Free with a proposal to migrate their offer, which will be carried out by a technician in their home. The fiber optic installation will be provided at no cost to subscribers.

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About Free

Free - an Iliad Group subsidiary - is the inventor of the Freebox, the first multiservice box on ADSL. Free is behind numerous innovations in the Broadband and Ultra-Fast Broadband access segment. Since January 2012, Free has brought mobile phone usage within everyone's reach with straightforward offerings at very attractive prices. As at March 31, 2019, Free had nearly 20 million subscribers in France (6.4 million Broadband and Ultra-Fast Broadband subscribers and 13.4 million mobile subscribers). On May 29, 2018, the Group launched its mobile network in Italy under the Iliad brand, becoming the country's fourth operator, and had over 3.3 million subscribers at March 31, 2019.

Fiber offer subject to conditions, eligibility and actual connection of the subscriber's home. See free.fr for full terms and conditions and eligibility.

Connectible FTTH socket: a socket for which the link between the shared access point and the optical splitter has been put in place by the building operator, which the Group can access in accordance with its co-financing commitments, and for which the connection to the Group's network has been completed or is in progress.

Freebox mini 4K offer: €14.99/month for 12 months then €34.99/month, 1-year commitment. Start-up fee: €49. Termination

fee: €49.

1033: freephone number (access & call), France only.

1AMII areas: medium-populated areas of France in which fiber networks are rolled out using private funds, following calls for expressions of investment intentions (appels àmanifestation d'intentions d'investissement).

210G-EPON fiber technology: maximum theoretical speeds of 8 Gbps download and 600 Mbps upload, subject to use of compatible equipment.

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