The Electronic Communications Regulatory Authority (Arcep) published at the end of February its study of the coverage of the Reunion territory by mobile telephone operators, based on data available as of June 30, 2022. It appears that 0,Only 9% of inhabited areas of the island are not covered by voice and SMS, and that 90,3% of the population is covered by two, three or four operators. Each of these has a coverage rate greater than 90% of the population, Orange and Zeop coming first (92,1 %) in front of SFR (90,5 %) et Free (90,2 %). In terms of surface area, 40,4% of the island's surface area is covered by voice and SMS inside buildings by at least three operators. According to this criterion, SFR has the best coverage (51% of the territory), ahead of Orange and Zeop (49,9 %) et Free (37,4 %). SFR's coverage rate has increased significantly (+6,2 points) in six months, which allowed it to move ahead of Orange and Zeop (which both progressed by 0,8 point) while Free fell half a point. In 4G outside, the four operators cover more than 99% of the population. In terms of area covered, Zeop comes first (94,4 %), in front of SFR (87,8 %), Orange (87,1 %) et Free (74,7 %). Already leader in this field in the previous ranking, Zeop has made further progress (+5,8 points) while its competitors have declined slightly. Arcep is also studying the accessibility of mobile networks by car (voice and SMS), on 1,125 kilometers of main roads, secondary or local. 81,1% of these axes are covered inside the vehicles by at least three operators. The best coverage rate is that of SFR (87 %), ahead of Orange and Zeop (83,9 %) et Free (76,8 %).
Mobile telephony : Arcep rates Reunion networks
