Cell towers in Rethel (Ardennes)

Declared supports include 1 silo, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Antennas are listed at La Potence, Le Moulin Hottin, quai Landragin Taine and Chem de la Procession.

The declared supports are a 79 m pylon, at La Potence, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 16 m pylon, at Le Moulin Hottin, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile and SFR; a 47 m silo, at quai Landragin Taine, for Free Mobile; a 12 m pylon, at Chem de la Procession, for Orange.

The highest support stands 79 m at La Potence (pylon). The median is 20 m, slightly below the Ardennes median of 31 m.

Systems from 1995 are still on the register. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in July 2023, SFR followed in April 2024. 2021 was the busiest year, with 11 new systems, most of them 4G.

Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 2 existing masts, for example Free Mobile (5G 3.5 GHz) at quai Landragin Taine and Orange (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at rue Billaudel. 3 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Among the 7 Ardennes towns with at least five masts, Rethel ranks 7th by mast count. With 5 masts for 7,444 residents, or 7 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (10).

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Free Mobile on 2 of its 3 masts, Orange on 2 of its 3 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 2 masts and SFR on 1 of its 2 masts.

34 km to the south-west, neighbouring Betheny has a higher 5G share (100%).

Only one mast carries all four networks.

Figures above cover installations declared to ANFR as in service or technically operational, as of October 2026; approved projects are not counted.