An Orange sign in Aix-les-Bains (illustrative image).

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ALLILI MOURAD / SIPA

Premises housing a telephone dispatcher of the Orange group were set on fire during the night of Monday to Tuesday in the Drôme, we learned from the operator, confirming information from the regional daily

Le Dauphiné Libéré

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"The Orange teams are mobilized to restore the fixed and mobile networks in the Gigors-et-Lozeron area, following damage caused by an act of vandalism," the group wrote in a press release.

Around 500 customers affected

According to him, the fire caused “great damage” to the building and the equipment of the dispatcher, also called the subscriber connection node.

Around 500 customers of the Orange mobile network are deprived of service and around 30 for the fixed network and Internet.

The gendarmerie is responsible for the investigation.

Numerous arson fires have targeted telephone installations, in particular relay antennas, in France in recent months.

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  • Society

  • Fire

  • Orange