by Jonathan Watson
France’s highest court, the Conseil d’Etat, has rejected Free Mobile’s demand that fees for licences won in the country’s upcoming 4G spectrum auction should not have to be paid upfront. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
France’s highest court, the Conseil d’Etat, has rejected Free Mobile’s demand that fees for licences won in the country’s upcoming 4G spectrum auction should not have to be paid upfront. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
French telecoms operator Bouygues has complained to the country's highest court, the Conseil d'Etat, about the government's plans to auction licences to use spectrum suitable for 4G services. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
French regulator ARCEP has published its draft decisions on the procedures for assigning frequencies in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
Xavier Niel, founder and chief executive of French telecoms firm Iliad, has written to the country's industry minster Eric Besson to ask for a planned auction of spectrum suitable for 4G services to be delayed. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The French government is to commission a study on the long-term spectrum needs of the electronic communications, audiovisual and emergency and security sectors. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
France’s industry minister Éric Besson said earlier this month he wants a second digital dividend to open more spectrum to mobile services, a proposal that will require terrestrial broadcasters to switch to DVB-T2 and MPEG-4 transmission and could put France in a position to lead European and international talks on… Read more...
by Michael Newlands
A UMTS trial scheduled to be conducted in the 1800 MHz band in France this November will be watched with interest both by operators and regulators, particularly in countries such as the UK, where operators are licensed at either 900 or 1800 MHz. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
In the first of a three part special report on machine to machine (M2M) communications we examine how the agenda is being driven by environmental and energy conservation issues. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
French regulator ARCEP plans to launch the allocation process for frequencies in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands before the end of this year. Read more...