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The incumbent fixed telephony provider Orange (formerly known as France Telecom), known for the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) technology, has announced its next scheduled end.
In fact, this so-called traditional telephony, still used by a large number of individuals but also by companies for their communication needs (via the use of analog or digital PBX) but also for a number of services such as alarms, elevator phones, backup lines, etc., will no longer evolve from the end of 2018 (no new line activations), and will be replaced by IP telephony starting in 2021.
“The PSTN is the old voice service which is already largely replaced by IP telephony, which is an Internet protocol, for all subscribers to boxes across all operators.” (Orange via AFP)
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PSTN technology is becoming expensive to maintain and is obsolete regarding performance. On the company side, analog / digital telephony servers are also increasingly old and consume a lot of energy.
The democratization of IP and therefore IP telephony since 2003 in France with the use of DSL IP boxes, greatly facilitates this use and pushes the incumbent provider of PSTN lines to announce the end of this network.
“In all cases, we will offer a strictly equivalent fixed-only service via IP telephony, with no obligation to add an Internet subscription,” added Orange.
The shutdown of the PSTN network will be phased out from 2021, by geographical area. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARCEP) assured that it would not oppose the closure of the PSTN network as long as the operator respects “certain notices” announced at least five years in advance of the stop for each geographical area.
In a statement issued Tuesday, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARCEP) assured that it would not oppose the closure of the PSTN network as long as the operator respects “certain notices” announced at least five years in advance of the stop for each geographical area.
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