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EIB loan for telecoms in France

31 August 2010

The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted, on 25 August, €150 million to the Iliad Group, a major firm active in the area of fixed telecommunications in France, for the deployment of high-speed fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections throughout the territory. The financed plan anticipates the...

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