With the adoption of a digital planning strategy aimed at gradually deploying very high-speed broadband in two stages 2020 and 2022, under departmental supervision, throughout the Saône-et-Loire region outside the pre-empted territories by private operators, the Department has set itself as priority objectives to revitalise the local economy, encourage industrial innovation, and meet the needs of proximity and mobility. Thus, the Departmental Council approved a project to create 72,768 connectable FTTH sockets over the period 2018 to 2020.