Cell towers in Abondance (Haute-Savoie)

Declared locations include Zone Artisanale les Carrés, La Plagne de Charmy, Bellegarde, 1 Chemin de Tavaneuse and Pointe des Follys.

Inventory: a 36 m pylon, at Zone Artisanale les Carrés, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 30 m pylon, at La Plagne de Charmy, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 31 m pylon, at Bellegarde, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 36 m pylon, at 1 Chemin de Tavaneuse, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 32 m pylon, at Pointe des Follys, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 5 masts, Orange on 1 of its 4 masts and SFR on 1 of its 5 masts. Free Mobile only has 5G on 700 MHz — longer reach, lower speed. 40% of the town's masts carry 5G, fewer than across Haute-Savoie towns with five or more masts (80%).

No mast is operator-owned: Totem has 3 and TDF has 2.

The tallest structure is a 36 m pylon at 1 Chemin de Tavaneuse. The median is 32 m, above the Haute-Savoie median of 26 m.

2022 was the busiest year, with 18 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in November 2021; SFR followed in September 2022, Bouygues Telecom followed in November 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

22 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 4 existing masts, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Bellegarde, Free Mobile (4G 800 MHz) at La Plagne de Charmy and Free Mobile (4G 800 MHz) at 1 Chemin de Tavaneuse. 3 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Of the 5 masts in the commune, 4 masts carry all four networks.

By mast count, Abondance is 27th of the 33 Haute-Savoie towns that have five or more.

Supports leave a gap of about 3.5 km to the west of the centre.

Nearby, Chatel (9.3 km to the east) has a higher 5G share (80%).

Source: operator declarations to ANFR, as of October 2026. Projects that are only approved are left out of the totals.