Telecoms: 6 auction lots for the frequency of 700 MHz … – lalibre.be

The Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts (ARCEP) presented Friday auctioning terms of the frequency of 700 MHz which will be sold in six packages, including a maximum of three could be acquired by Free (Iliad).

These proposals, which have yet to go through the Consultative Commission on electronic communications, consider the Free delays on nearby frequencies in the bands 800 and 900 MHz in order to “preserve a fair and effective competition,” says Arcep in a statement.

In fact, the newest operators, who has few own frequency, can bid on until three of the six lots sold, without having the guarantee to obtain them, while its competitors, much more present on nearby frequencies, can only compete for up to two lots each.

The objective approved by the Regulatory Authority is to avoid an operator can control more than a third of the three bands involved, those of 700, 800 and 900 MHz.

Among the obligations imposed on the undertakings, the ARCEP set the rules in terms of coverage, to ensure deployment on the territory on this new frequency, like the existing rules on the frequency of 800 MHz.

” The deployment of frequencies in the 700 MHz band is heavily taxed in rural areas, in addition to the 800 MHz frequency band to improve the quality 4G services in these areas and in anticipation of the deployment, if necessary, the 5G on these frequencies, “Arcep detailed in a statement.

By the same logic, a special effort must be made by operators to ensure a quality of service on trains coverage of everyday life, used for commuting, for which 60% of the network will be covered from 2022.

The new frequencies will be awarded before the end of the year, for a period of twenty years, and could relate to the state at least 2.5 billion euros, which would provide for the extension given to the defense when revising military planning law earlier this month.

Considered being the “golden frequencies”, the 700MHz band, up to now assigned to television provides better quality service, meeting the constraints of 4G while covering a wider territory from each base station .

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