06-05-2026

ielo acquires Lasotel

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ielo, France's national fibre infrastructure operator serving telecom operators, data centres, and institutional organisations, announces the acquisition of Lasotel, a telecom infrastructure operator based in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

As part of Lasotel’s judicial recovery proceedings, the Lyon Economic Activities Court approved ielo’s acquisition offer on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

A fast-growing independent player, ielo has established itself as France’s leading neutral fibre infrastructure provider for businesses. By continuously expanding and interconnecting its network across the country, ielo has built a profitable business model and a strong financial foundation, enabling long-term investment in a market undergoing significant consolidation.

The transaction provides for the full transfer of Lasotel’s operations, infrastructure, and employees, while ensuring uninterrupted service for customers within a sustainable and structured framework. The acquisition preserves activities that are directly aligned with ielo’s core telecom infrastructure business.

This acquisition will strengthen ielo’s network footprint across numerous metropolitan areas in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, where the group already operates more than 3,000 km of fibre-optic infrastructure, making over 600,000 businesses eligible for its services.

"The teams have welcomed this decision positively, as it will enable us to fully leverage their expertise and the quality of our infrastructure within a supportive, ambitious, and sustainable environment. The alignment between Lasotel and ielo's values, combined with the compatibility of our respective network architectures, creates the conditions for a successful integration, strong synergies, and business continuity, while opening up new opportunities for Lasotel's customers."
Sylvain Charron Managing Director, Lasotel
"Lasotel has been a long-standing partner, and I have the utmost respect for the work accomplished by Sylvain and his teams. They have built high-quality infrastructure and developed relevant operational models, often ahead of their time. Supported by ielo's national industrial platform and operating model, these infrastructures will reach their full potential. We are delighted to welcome Sylvain and his teams to the group and to support their customers with the level of service quality and commitment they rightfully expect."
Arthur Fernandez CTO, ielo

With this transaction, ielo reaffirms both its ambition and its ability to support the long-term development and consolidation of the telecom infrastructure market.

 

About ielo

A neutral and independent French telecom infrastructure operator, ielo designs and operates its own end-to-end fibre network. Built specifically for telecom operators, data centres, and institutional organisations, the network is made available to customers as if it were their own.

Formed through the merger of two companies founded by professionals from the Internet and open-source software communities, ielo accelerated its growth in 2020 following a significant fundraising round.

In 2026, ielo operates more than 21,000 km of metropolitan fibre network, over 12,000 km of long-haul fibre infrastructure, and connects nearly 200 data centres. This homogeneous next-generation infrastructure is designed, deployed, and maintained entirely in-house to deliver the highest levels of availability.

 

About Lasotel

Founded in 2004 by Sylvain Charron and headquartered in Lyon, Lasotel is a fibre operator serving the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

The company operates infrastructure across the region’s main metropolitan areas and offers both FTTO and FTTH services, supported by an extensive network of points of presence (PoPs). Lasotel has notably connected all major data centres in the region and primarily markets telecom infrastructure services.

Throughout its history, Lasotel has maintained a strong focus on delivering the highest levels of service quality to its customers, designing and operating tailored infrastructure solutions to meet their specific requirements.