Cell towers in Valbonne (Alpes-Maritimes)

Most of the town's 24 masts are pylons (12); 4 camouflaged "tree" pylons make up the rest of the mix.

Antennas are listed at Sophia Antipolis, Le Haut Sartoux, 2881 RTE des Crêtes, 120 RTE des Macarons, Les Pares and 750 Chem de la Roberte.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 19 new systems here. ANFR has approved 3 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 2 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 444bis Route des Dolines, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 502 Rue Albert Caquot and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 1149 Chemin du Val Martin. 12 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. Local 5G started with Bouygues Telecom in November 2020; SFR followed in December 2020, Orange followed in December 2020. 2018 was the busiest year, with 48 new systems, most of them 4G.

The tallest structure is a 35 m pylon at Quartier Peijan. The median height of measured supports is 20 m.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Orange on 10 of its 11 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 6 of its 8 masts, SFR on 6 of its 8 masts and Free Mobile on 4 of its 5 masts.

Mouans-Sartoux lies 2.6 km to the south-west and has only 11 masts.

Only one mast carries all four networks; 7 supports carry only Orange.

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

Among the 41 Alpes-Maritimes towns with at least five masts, Valbonne ranks 10th by mast count. With 24 masts for 11,939 residents, or 20 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

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