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Bayrou's announcements in Mayotte (and on Starlink) did not really please Orange
POLITICS – Controversial orange. Visiting the Mayotte archipelago, two weeks after the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido, Prime Minister François Bayrou attracted the wrath of the victims there… But also of the telecommunications operator Orange.
In a long message published on social networks Monday, December 30, the group's public affairs director deplores a lack of recognition from the head of government towards his teams working to restore the network. A few hours earlier, François Bayrou spoke in detail on these issues, but without mentioning the work of the operators and confirming the deployment of 200 Starlink, these small satellites (from the SpaceX brand) internet access provider.
« Not a word for the operators and above all, their collaborators on site who ensure the restoration of the networks while like everyone in Mayotte, they have been impacted by the cyclone, and must also be busy caulking their homes, finding something to drink and dining », writes Laurentino Lavezzi. A communication error, according to him, which also reflects an unwise strategic choice in his eyes.
“Decisions that leave you speechless”
« We are all shocked by a communication from the Government which focuses its announcements on temporary wifi by Starlink, yet much less covering and efficient than a mobile network “, specifies the manager, this while “ the orange network went from 25% population coverage to 75% in ten days”he emphasizes.
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In this context, Laurentino Lavezzi denounces the priority given, on the ground, to “ Starlink wifi hot points, while generators are refused to operators. » So many decisions which “ question their relevance in the continued restoration of networks; question their economic rationality; and leave us speechless in the area of digital sovereignty “, he criticizes in his diatribe. Message received from the government?
Monday, late in the evening, the Minister of Industry Marc Ferracci posted a long message on the social network l’engagement » et « the investment of technicians mobilized to restore the electricity and telecommunications networks » in Mayotte.
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« I would like to salute their mobilization, from the first days, to allow our fellow Mahorese citizens to benefit as quickly as possible from mobile communications, essential to economic activities and daily needs. “, he wrote. Like a catch-up word.
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