by Toby Youell
The French regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on its proposed award of the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band. ARCEP plans to award the frequencies in two stages. The first part will allow operators to obtain a given quantity of spectrum in the band for a set price. The amount… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on the practical details for synchronizing the time division duplex (TDD) parts of the 2.6 GHz band. TDD spectrum arrangements suffer much fewer interference problems when networks in adjacent frequencies are synchronized. The consultation will be open until September 13. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has called for contributions to a draft discussion paper on dynamic spectrum management. The document was drafted by a "future networks" scientific committee as part of a wider series of documents on the short and medium term future for communications. A final version of the… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on planned continued use of the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band for wireless local loop services. The regulator plans to auction the frequencies for 5G mobile services this Autumn, but has allowed the band's usage for wireless local loop services during… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on rules for future synchronisation of time division duplex (TDD) mobile broadband networks at 3.4 - 3.8 GHz. Because TDD networks rely on the use of time to avoid interference between networks, ARCEP wants to establish clear rules for how it's… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on its spectrum policy for short range devices. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
France's ARCEP is holding a consultation on the assignment of spectrum in the 1400 MHz, 3.4-3.8 GHz and 26 GHz bands in 2019. The consultation does not go into detail on the proposed award process but does mention that ARCEP expects to hold the auction or auctions for these bands in… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
France's National Frequency Agency (ANFR) has launched a public consultation to help establish the French position for next year's World Radio Conference 2019 (WRC-19). The full consultation paper can be viewed in french here. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
The French regulator ARCEP has opened a consultation on making the 1.5 GHz band available for mobile use. The ARCEP seeking feedback on the following key aspects: Interest in using the band for mobile services and SDL in particular Possible uses for 1.5 GHz The availability of equipment The authorization framework required… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
In a 5G roadmap published by the ARCEP on July 16, 2018 it was revealed that the ARCEP plans to hold a consultation in October 2018 on the planned assignment of spectrum in the 26 GHz band. The consultation is also likely to include topics covering spectrum availability for mobile applications, defining… Read more...