The French telecoms regulator has issued its strategic review of spectrum for ultra high speed mobile systems for a two-month public consultation. The consultation includes France's latest plans to assign the 700 MHz band by the end of 2015. ARCEP is to submit a framework for assigning the band to the government… Read more...

French regulator ARCEP has launched a public consultation on the outlook for wireless local loop networks. The consultation seeks to examine the role that these networks play in the market for fixed and mobile broadband access to the Internet, the status of the industry and of technological developments in the… Read more...

The third public consultation on market analysis, which concerns the fixed-telephony retail and wholesale markets Read more...

Whether frequencies below 20GHz should be awarded in future by assignment rather than allotment due to the anticipated high demand for broadand services Read more...

Call for industry input on:i. Available and appropriate broadband technologies, as well as the availability of equipment ii. the broadband PAMR (public access mobile radio) market iii.coverage and quality of service concerns relating to allocating PAMR authorisations iv. equity of rights and obligations v. competition conditionsvi. means of allocating the… Read more...

An ivitiation for media companies, equipment manufactures, and consumers to give their views on the technical and economic issues raised by the introduction of digital radio. Read more...

Issues raised by a new law which allows local government bodies to establish or subsidise high speed telecoms access. Topics include market impact, effect on competition and technical and legal aspects. Aim: to publish guidelines for these projects. Read more...

Comments invited on proposed new methods for calculating the financing of universal service Read more...

ARCEP is proposing that the protocols SPIROU and SSUTR2 should be used to transmit location information to enable the emergency services to ascertain where the VoIP subscriber is calling from. Read more...

Consultation on remedies imposed on the SMP operator in market 18, the wholesale market for broadcasting transmission services covering networks and related installations used for services that deliver content. Comments to m18@arcep.fr Read more...