Cell towers in Orthez (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

1 church or religious building and 5 pylons and 1 building carry the commune's antennas.

Masts stand at Pradouil, 3 rue Victor Hugo, La Mansarde, avenue Léon Bérard, Magret and place St Pierre.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 8 new systems here. ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 3 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (3G, 4G and 5G) at Qrt de Lesca, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Bruhana and SFR (3G, 4G and 5G) at Qrt de Lesca. 2 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Systems from 1999 are still on the register. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in September 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in January 2022. 2016 was the busiest year, with 13 new systems, most of them 4G.

ANFR lists a 39 m church or religious building at place St Pierre as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 30 m.

3 supports carry only Orange.

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

Nearby, Monein (24 km to the south-east) has less 5G (60%).

Most declared azimuths point outward, along a corridor or valley rather than at the centre.

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