Bouygues SA offers products and services in about 80 countries worldwide in various industries, such as telecommunications, media, utilities, and construction. The group offers mobile communications services to approximately 6.5 million customers in metropolitan France. In the media sector, it publishes and distributes spin-off products, Internet activities, theme channels, and pay TV via TPS. In the service sector, the group engages in the construction of drinking water production plants and water supply; wastewater disposal; and construction and operation of wastewater treatment plants. It also provides power generation, transmission, and distribution services; and handles solid waste collection and processing. In the construction sector, the group involves in building, civil works, electrical contracting, and maintenance. In the transport infrastructure area, it operates quarries, mixing plants, and factories producing emulsions and binders. The group also develops properties, such as apartments, cluster housing, offices, retail space, and hotels. The group was founded by Francis Bouygues in 1952. The group is based in Paris, France.