ILIAD FRANCE 5G EXPANSION (EIB-20230435)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • France
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • European Investment Bank (EIB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Dec 13, 2023
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
ILIAD SA
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Communications
  • Infrastructure
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 326.48 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 300
Converted using 2023-12-13 exchange rate.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 326.48 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 300 million
Converted using 2023-12-13 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 1,073.03 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 986 million
Converted using 2023-12-13 exchange rate.
Media Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EIB website

Updated in EWS Jan 2, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Dec 21, 2023

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

As stated by the EIB, the project relates to the investments in the design and roll-out of a 5G and a 5G-ready multi-band, multi-technology mobile telecommunications network throughout France. The project is expected to lead to a 5G population coverage of 95% at completion.

The project supports the development of the French 5G mobile infrastructure enabling ultra-fast data transfer through this very high capacity network. Moreover, the new broadband networks will be important for the digitalisation and competitive positioning of the country and is expected to provide positive externalities to economic activities by enabling more users to benefit from access to information, digital services and better communications.

This is iliad SA’s seventh loan from the European Investment Bank, bringing the total amount of EIB financing granted since 2009 to more than €1.7 billion.

Investment Description
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Private Actors Description
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As stated by the EIB:

Created in the early 1990s, the iliad Group is the inventor of the world’s first triple-play box and is now a major European telecoms player, standing out for its innovative, straightforward and attractive offerings. The group is the parent of Free in France, iliad in Italy and Play in Poland, has over 17 400 employees serving 47.8 million subscribers, and generated €9.0 billion in revenue in the last 12 months. In France, the group is an integrated fixed and mobile ultra-fast broadband operator and had 22.1 million retail subscribers as at 30 September 2023 (14.8 million mobile subscribers and 7.3 million fixed-line subscribers). In Italy, where it launched its business in 2018 under the iliad brand, it is the country’s fourth-largest mobile operator with over 13% of the market share, and had more than 10.6 million mobile subscribers as at 30 September 2023. In Poland, the group became an integrated convergent operator following the acquisition of UPC Polska in 2022, and had over 13.0 million mobile subscribers and more than 2.0 million fixed-line subscribers as at 30 September 2023. The iliad Group is Europe’s sixth-largest operator by number of retail mobile subscribers (excluding M2M) and fixed-line internet subscribers.

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Contact Information
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No project contacts provided at the time of disclosure.

Client - Iliad SA:

Website: https://www.iliad.fr/en/

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