Cell towers in Albi (Tarn)

1 camouflaged "tree" pylon and 21 pylons and 13 buildings carry the commune's antennas.

Place names on the register include Bramevaques, 56 Avenue Dembourg, avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, Zone Industrielle Saint Antoin, Balard - Gaillaguès and 8 rue Gustave Eiffel.

10 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 4 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 7 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 5 boulevard Strasbourg, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 18 Rue de la République and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 24 avenue General Hoche. 22 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The highest support stands 44 m at Balard - Gaillaguès (pylon). The median is 26 m, slightly below the Tarn median of 30 m.

2016 was the busiest year, with 64 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; SFR followed in September 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in October 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

Of the 35 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 14 masts.

By mast count, Albi is 1st of the 16 Tarn towns that have five or more. With 35 masts for 51,290 residents, or 7 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (8).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 14 of its 16 masts, Free Mobile on 11 of its 13 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 9 of its 13 masts and SFR on 9 of its 13 masts. 100% of the town's masts carry 5G, more than across Tarn towns with five or more masts (87%).

13 km to the north, neighbouring Carmaux has only 5 masts.

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