Cell towers in Aytre (Charente-Maritime)

Declared supports include 2 water towers, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Antennas are listed at La Rochelle la Courbe, Les Tennis, Fief de l'Ebeaupin, Rue Newton, Le Galapagos and Place Clemence Royer.

ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Allée du Pinot and SFR (4G and 5G) at 9 Rue Pierre Loti. 4 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Systems from 1998 are still on the register. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in April 2021, SFR followed in November 2021. 2016 was the busiest year, with 22 new systems, most of them 4G.

ANFR lists a 53 m water tower at Les Tennis as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 30 m.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Free Mobile on all 4 masts, Orange on all 4 masts, Bouygues Telecom on all 2 masts and SFR on 2 of its 3 masts.

Nearby, La Rochelle (4.1 km to the north-west) has 30 masts, more than here.

Only one mast carries all four networks.

9,746 residents over 12 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops.

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