cap fibre

What cap fibre does

Cap Fibre (commercial brand of THD 59-62) is a French public fiber optic network infrastructure operator established in 2014 to design, build, operate, and maintain Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks in the rural territories of Nord and Pas-de-Calais under a 25-year public concession. The company is a subsidiary of Axione and is backed by public authorities — the Departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais, Région Hauts-de-France, Caisse des Dépôts, Mirova, and the national Investissements d'Avenir and Plan France THD programs — with co-financing from the European Union. Its core technology is FTTH infrastructure built over a five-year construction phase, now covering approximately 680,000–690,000 fiber lines across 1,151 municipalities, with over 70% household and business subscription uptake as of the 2024 ten-year milestone.

The product portfolio comprises residential fiber connectivity, business fiber solutions, new-construction fiber connections, and an address-eligibility testing tool, all delivered through a B2B2C model in which Cap Fibre monetizes wholesale network access to internet service providers rather than selling directly to end users. More than 175 telecom operators — including Bouygues Telecom, Orange, SFR, Free, Coriolis, K-net, Nordnet, Ozone, and We Access Group — commercialize retail fiber offers on the network to households, businesses, and local public-sector clients across the territory. Revenue mechanics are driven by long-term managed-service style network access fees paid by ISPs for use of the public infrastructure.

Cap Fibre's go-to-market is channel-partner led: the company operates dedicated portals for ISPs (operator space with service catalog and co-financement calls) and for elected municipal officials (incident reporting, copper switch-off tracking, deployment documentation), supplemented by an eligibility-checking website for end users. The concession is awarded exclusively for public-initiative zones where private operators do not deploy, giving Cap Fibre a structural monopoly within its perimeter and a multi-decade revenue runway tied to wholesale access fees on a single physical network asset.

Name

cap fibre

Legal name

THD 59-62

Website

https://capfibre.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cap Fibre (commercial brand of THD 59-62) builds, operates, and maintains public FTTH fiber optic networks across 1,151 rural municipalities in Nord and Pas-de-Calais, France, under a 25-year public concession, commercializing wholesale network access to 175+ ISPs that serve residential and business end users.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Telecom Infrastructure

NAICS

Wired Telecommunications Carriers (517111), Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction (237130), Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite) (5171)

akta.pro primary industry

Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Operators (HDAIACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Rural Broadband & Cooperative Fiber Operators (HDAIACAG), Municipal & Community Broadband Networks (HDAIACAE), Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP/FTTH) Broadband Providers (HDAIABAC)

Keywords

• Fiber optic infrastructure
• FTTH broadband networks
• Wholesale network access
• Rural broadband deployment
• Public telecom infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Feuchy

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Network Access Fees: Cap Fibre generates revenue by providing fiber optic network infrastructure access to internet service providers (ISPs). ISPs pay for access to the network to serve their customers (both residential and business) in the covered territories.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cap Fibre designs, builds, operates, and maintains a public FTTH fiber optic broadband network covering approximately 680,000 lines across 1,151 rural municipalities in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments of France under a 25-year concession. The company commercializes wholesale network access to internet service providers (ISPs), who then deliver residential and business connectivity services to end customers, while also providing fiber connection services for new building constructions.

Product overview

Cap Fibre operates as a public fiber optic network operator for rural areas of Nord and Pas-de-Calais regions in northern France. The company constructs, deploys, and maintains fiber optic (FTTH - Fiber to the Home) infrastructure serving approximately 680,000 lines across 1,151 municipalities. The product portfolio centers on providing wholesale fiber access to over 175 telecom operators, serving both residential (via partner ISPs like Bouygues, Orange, SFR, Free) and business segments. The core offering is the public fiber network infrastructure, with services including residential connectivity, business fiber solutions, new construction fiber connections, and eligibility testing tools. Cap Fibre functions as the commercial brand of THD 59-62, executing public territorial broadband policy for the mixed syndicate La Fibre Numérique 59/62.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Fiber Optic Connectivity (La fibre optique pour mon domicile) Fiber optic internet connectivity for individual households in rural areas of Nord and Pas-de-Calais, including eligibility testing, free connection, and access to partner ISPs.
• Business Fiber Optic Connectivity (La fibre optique pour mon entreprise) Fiber optic connectivity solutions for businesses and professional clients in rural territories, providing access to over 175 local, national, and international operators offering tailored business services.
• New Construction Fiber Connections (Nouvelles constructions) Fiber optic infrastructure services for new building constructions, connecting new residential developments, business premises, and public/community buildings to the public fiber network in Nord and Pas-de-Calais.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Département NordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Department of Nord is one of the two founding public authorities (along with Pas-de-Calais) that established the public network initiative. The department owns the network infrastructure and has delegated operation to Cap Fibre.
• Département Pas-de-CalaiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Department of Pas-de-Calais is one of the two founding public authorities that established the public network initiative. The department owns the network infrastructure and has delegated operation to Cap Fibre.
• Région Hauts-de-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Hauts-de-France Region participates in financing and supporting the very high-speed broadband deployment plan for the territory.
• Plan France THDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlan France Très Haut Débit is the national government plan to cover all of France with very high-speed broadband. Cap Fibre operates under this framework for public initiative zones.
• Bouygues TelecomcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor French telecommunications operator offering fiber services to residential and business customers through the Cap Fibre network in Nord and Pas-de-Calais.
• OrangecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLargest French telecommunications operator offering fiber services through the Cap Fibre network.
• SFRcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench telecommunications operator offering fiber services to customers in the Cap Fibre network coverage area.
• FreecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench ISP offering fiber services through the Cap Fibre network for residential customers.
• Coriolis TelecomminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench telecom operator offering services through the Cap Fibre network.
• K-netminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench ISP specializing in fiber services, partner on the Cap Fibre network.
• NordnetminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench ISP offering services through the Cap Fibre network.
• OzoneminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench telecom operator partner offering services on the Cap Fibre network.
• We Access GroupminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench telecom operator offering services through the Cap Fibre fiber network.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Altitude Infra: Altitude Infra (formerly SFR FTTH, backed by InfraVia) is the closest direct peer — it operates public-initiative FTTH networks across multiple French départements on long-term concessions under the same RIP regulatory framework as Cap Fibre.
• Covage: Covage operates wholesale fiber networks in French public-initiative zones and has been folded into the Altitude Infra group; same wholesale-to-ISP business model, same concession structure, directly comparable to Cap Fibre.
• TDF: TDF operates fiber-to-the-home networks in French public-initiative zones alongside its broadcast tower business, with the same wholesale access model targeting ISPs in underserved rural and peri-urban areas.

Broad incumbents

• Axione: Axione is Cap Fibre's parent and operates public-initiative FTTH networks across many other French regions. It is broader in scope (multi-region, infrastructure services) and serves as both parent and peer across the RIP landscape.
• Orange (wholesale/access division): Orange is both a customer on the Cap Fibre network and a wholesale competitor in other French public-initiative zones via its own FTTH concessions; relevant as a benchmark for RIP economics at national scale.
• SFR (Altice France): SFR is a retail ISP customer of Cap Fibre but also operates FTTH wholesale networks through Altitude Infra in competing territories; useful as a benchmark for dual retail/wholesale fiber business models.

Regional players

• Open Fiber: Open Fiber is Italy's wholesale-only FTTH operator, deployed under a similar public-private model to bridge the digital divide; comparable to Cap Fibre in business model (wholesale-only RIP/equivalent) but operating in a different geography.
• Deutsche Glasfaser: Deutsche Glasfaser builds and operates FTTH networks in rural and underserved areas of Germany, marketed via partner ISPs — same rural-broadband, ISP-wholesale playbook as Cap Fibre but in the German market.
• SIRO (Vodafone Ireland ESB JV): SIRO is a wholesale FTTH operator in Ireland backed by a utility and a telecom, targeting regional and rural towns on a wholesale-to-retailer model closely analogous to Cap Fibre's public-initiative model.

Emerging players

• Tutor (Nomotech group): Tutor / Nomotech deploys and operates FTTH networks in French RIP areas, including rural and mountainous zones, with a wholesale and operator-facing model comparable in scale and approach to Cap Fibre.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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