Cell towers in Pons (Charente-Maritime)

Antennas are listed at Bonerme, La Terrière, Bel-Air, Les Izambert, 21 Impasse des Coudennes and Bondonnat.

The tallest structure is a 42 m pylon at Bondonnat. The median is 39 m, above the Charente-Maritime median of 31 m.

Systems from 1998 are still on the register. SFR opened 5G here in March 2022; Free Mobile followed in August 2022, Bouygues Telecom followed in November 2022. 2016 was the busiest year, with 17 new systems, most of them 4G.

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

Nearby, Chaniers (15 km to the north) has less 5G (86%).

5 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 2.8 km, to the west of the centre.

Colocation covers 4 supports.

Of the 83 systems declared here, 19 are installed but not yet in commercial service (ANFR, as of October 2026).