The current head of the French frequency agency is to be a candidate for ITU's top job in spectrum management. Read more...

The announcement of a proposed merger of the UK mobile operations of France Telecom’s Orange and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile strengthens the arguments of the incumbent French operators who are appealing to the EU over the imminent issue of a further 3G license. Read more...

France Telecom is challenging the terms of a proposed new 3G license, accusing the French Government of providing “state aid” to whoever wins the tender. Read more...

France’s Agence Nationale des fréquences has investigated spectrum pricing for public bodies but the results so far are inconclusive. The ball is now in the government’s court. Read more...

A two-year ‘sprint’ to define the IMT-Advanced family of technologies begins in February. The US wants quick adoption of new WiMAX and CDMA variants but France and Germany say these should be treated as new interfaces. Read more...

French Prime Minister François Fillon has confirmed that the 790-862 MHz band will be allocated to electronic communications following analogue switch-off. In practice this is expected to mean using the band for mobile broadband. Read more...

The French government has confirmed that it will allocate the 790 – 892 MHz sub-band released as part of the digital dividend to “next-generation very high-speed fixed-line and mobile networks”. Read more...

The French government should allocate the 790-862 MHz band to “electronic communications”, according to the final report of the country’s Digital Dividend Commission. Read more...

There should be enough spectrum to accommodate the ambitions of both TV companies and telecoms operators when France’s digital switchover is complete, according to the country’s digital dividend commission. Read more...

Companies can see which bands are available for trading and who currently holds the licences using websites developed by the French communications regulator, ARCEP. Read more...