French operators can heat the checkbook. And on the market, there is one in particular that has no room for error, ie the last incoming: Free Mobile. According to the terms of allocation defined by ARCEP (and yet to be validated), the company Niel not be entitled to any special treatment.
Less worse off than its competitors, including fault for offering sufficient bids on the 800 Mhz, Free Mobile suggested that a block on her new band is guaranteed. However, in a legal analysis, Arcep had considered risky such an approach.
And indeed the allocation process proposed by ARCEP for 700 Mhz says nothing of the sort. True, the regulator wanted to “preserve a fair and effective competition”. But this will require a limitation of the number of blocks allocated to each operator.
So “the same candidate can not obtain more than three blocks (ie 2 × 15 MHz) in the band 700 MHz and can not exceed a limit of 2 × 30 MHz on all the lower frequency bands (700 MHz, 800 MHz and 900 MHz) “written Arcep.
Account Given the previous frequency allocations, Orange, Bouygues Telecom and SFR, Numericable can only pick two new blocks each, maximum. Free him, because of the capital frequencies currently at its disposal, can technically acquire this three 700Mhz band.
But so far, it is not privileged. For indeed, if it is not enough bids, three competitors can completely divide the six blocks for sale. Free Mobile will bid good “with equal weapons if he wants frequencies” said the Ministry of Economy in the world.
The fourth operator thus has an opportunity, but not should not miss it. Because its competitors certainly will here an opportunity to oust him and bring him a severe blow.
But Arcep believes, however, that “the type of auction allows candidates considered perfectly control the outcome: they can at any time choose to continue or stop the auction, knowing what is the amount of spectrum they will receive “.
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