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Paris, September 21, 2021

Free Fiber has arrived on the Eure Normandie Numérique Public Initiative Network (PIN).

Free's arrival on this network further demonstrates its commitment to the rollout of fiber throughout France in line with its aim of having a presence on the networks deployed in local communities.

Through the Eure Normandie Numérique network, Free is now offering its Fiber services to

70,000 homes in more than 150 municipalities including:

Pont-Audemer

Gisors

Mesnils-sur-Iton

Bernay

La Bonneville-sur-Iton

Saint-Ouen-de-Thouberville

Bosroumois

La Saussaye

Saint-Ouen-du-Tilleul

Bourg-Achard

Le Neubourg

Saint-Pierre-des-Fleurs

Breteuil

Manneville-sur-Risle

Thiberville

Conches-en-Ouche

Marcilly-sur-Eure

Vexin-sur-Epte…

Cormeilles

Menneval

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Free Fiber will be available in all the municipalities covered by the Public Initiative Network in the next three months, and by the end of 2021, over 90,000 homes will be eligible for Free Fiber on the network.

In addition to its presence on the Eure Normandie Numérique network, Free's Fiber offerings are already available to 64,000 homes in the AMII1 areas in the agglomerations of Evreux and Vernon.

In total, therefore, by the end of the year Free Fiber will be proposing its offerings to more than 150,000 homes in the Eure region.

In all of these areas, businesses covered by the FTTH networks and interested in Fiber are eligible for the Free Pro offering on https://pro.free.fr.

Free's partnership with the Eure Normandie Numérique network illustrates its aim of offering fiber services throughout France and being able to propose a fiber plan to French consumers through the Freebox Pop (€29.99/month for 12 months and then €39.99/month).

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

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

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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 June 30, 2021, Free had over 20 million subscribers in France (6.8 million Broadband and Ultra-Fast Broadband subscribers and 13.3 million mobile subscribers). On May 29, 2018, the Group launched its mobile network in Italy under the iliad brand, becoming the country's fourth mobile operator, and had over 7.8 million subscribers at June 30, 2021. With the acquisition of Play, the leading mobile network operator in Poland, the iliad Group has become the sixth-largest mobile operator in Europe by number of subscribers (excluding M2M).

  • AMII areas: medium-populated areas of France in which fiber networks are rolled out using private funds, following calls for expressions of investment intentions ("appels à manifestation d'intentions d'investissement").
    2 10G-EPON fiber technology: maximum theoretical speeds of 8 Gbps download and 700 Mbps upload, subject to use of compatible devices.

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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.

Start-up fee: €49. Termination fee: €49.

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

Freebox ADSL unbundled 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 at their home. The fiber installation is provided at no cost to the subscriber.

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