This is a failure that could have had dramatic consequences. On Friday, the Bouygues Telecom network was affected by major malfunctions on its lines, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, even impacting emergency numbers such as 18 (fire brigade), 17 (rescue police ) and 15 (SAMU).
“If you are having difficulty reaching 18, 17 or 15, it is strongly recommended that you renew your call from another operator or a landline. For the 18, it is also recommended to dial 112 “advised the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture in a press release issued Friday afternoon.
According to the Down Detector site, the outages concerned Internet boxes, mobile Internet and calls. Some users of the site even spoke of a “total blackout”, while incidents were reported in the areas of Nice, Toulon or even Marseille. On Twitter, several of the operator’s followers reported the outage.
Around 8 p.m., Bouygues Telecom finally indicated that following “the intervention of our teams in the Paca region, the service was able to be completely restored at the start of the evening. “Emergency numbers are all reachable again. We apologize for the inconvenience caused “, could we read in a tweet posted by the operator, without however specifying the nature of the breakdown.