Cell towers in Marseille 09 (Bouches-du-Rhône)

Masts stand at Faculte des Sciences, 221-223 Chem Ancien Chem de Cassis, 31 avenue Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 343 Boulevard de Sainte Marguerite, Le Magritte and place de l'Obélisque.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 24 new systems here. ANFR has approved 6 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 18 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at 205 avenue de la Panouse, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 11 boulevard Canlong and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 93 Chemin Joseph Aiguier. 33 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Systems from 1994 are still on the register. SFR opened 5G here in October 2020; Bouygues Telecom followed in November 2020, Orange followed in November 2020. 2013 was the busiest year, with 100 new systems, most of them 4G.

Most antennas sit on rooftops (36 of 42), so heights stay modest; the tallest support is 55 m at place de l'Obélisque.

3 masts carry all four networks; 11 supports carry only Bouygues Telecom.

Among the 92 Bouches-du-Rhône towns with at least five masts, Marseille 09 ranks 17th by mast count. With 42 masts for 77,406 residents, or 5 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Bouygues Telecom on 14 of its 20 masts, Orange on 13 of its 16 masts, SFR on 12 of its 17 masts and Free Mobile on 10 of its 13 masts.

2.6 km to the north-west, neighbouring Marseille 08 has 86 masts, more than here.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 2.1 km, to the south of the centre.

Most of the town's 42 masts are buildings (36).

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