By Kieran Devlin
Publication Date: 2026-01-27 12:20:00
France is moving to make videoconferencing part of its sovereign infrastructure, and will bin the likes of Microsoft Teams, Zoom Workplace, GoTo Meetings, and Cisco Webex in the process.
The government has announced the generalization of “Visio,” a secure videoconferencing tool developed by the Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM), intending to roll it out across all state services by 2027 and reduce reliance on non-European platforms.
The French government argues that public administrations have come to rely on a patchwork of UC and collaboration tools that increase security exposure, add cost, and complicate cooperation between ministries. France’s preferred remedy is to standardize on a state-controlled option built on French technologies, as part of a broader effort to strengthen “digital resilience.”
Notably, the press release highlights that these tools belong to businesses that are “non-European.” Although the…
