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Paris, June 6, 2019

Today Free's fiber offer has been made available to people living in the Vendee region covered by the Vendée Numérique Public Initiative Network ("PIN").

This confirms Free's commitment to deploy Fiber throughout France and its aim of being present on Public Initiative Networks.

The 24,000 homes covered by the Vendée Numérique network - the ultra-fast fiber network rolled out by the GIP (Public Interest Group) of the region and the SyDEV (Syndicat Départemental d'Énergie et d'Équipement de la Vendée) - will be eligible for Free Fiber.

Free will begin marketing its fiber offer today in Challans, Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Le Poiré- sur-Vie and Pouzauges and by the end of the month in Montaigu, Les Herbiers and Fontenay-le-Comte.

Free's fiber offer will also subsequently be available in all the areas where the Public Initiative Network is currently being deployed, including in Luçon, Bellevigny and Aizenay. All of the homes covered by the Vendée Numérique network will be therefore ultimately be eligible for Free Fiber.

In the Vendée region, Free's fiber offer is already available in 28,000 homes covered by the incumbent operator in the AMII area1 in La Roche-sur-Yon and the agglomeration of Les Sables d'Olonne.

In total, more than 52,000 homes will be eligible for Free Fiber in the Vendée region.

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Free's presence on the Vendée Numérique network furthers its objective of deploying fiber throughout France and being able to propose a Fiber offer from €14.99 per month during 12 months (then €34.99/month) to French consumers.

Free is the only operator to offer 10G-EPON Fiber technology2 (with compatible offer and Freebox).

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

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

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.

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).

2For Fiber, 10G-EPON Technology maximum theoretical speeds: 8Gbps download and 600 Mbps upload, subject to use of compatible equipements.

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 during 12 months then €34.99/month, 1-year commitment. Start-up fee: €49. Termination

fee: €49.

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

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