5G: Arcep awards the winning candidates with licences to use 3.4 – 3.8 GHz band frequencies
Networks and the Environment
Arcep publishes the work programme for its “Achieving digital sustainability” collaboration platform
Mobile Coverage
Arcep publishes new maps illustrating the progress of 4G mobile coverage in each of the 96 departments in Metropolitan France
5G
Arcep creates a 5G rollout observatory
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Print Media Distribution
Arcep publishes its opinion on MLP’s new technical, pricing and contractual terms and conditions
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Optical fibre
As part of a dispute settlement, Arcep specifies the pricing terms and conditions for Bouygues Telecom to access the shared fibre to the home networks operated by SFR FTTH
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5G
Arcep awards the winning candidates with licences to use 3.4 – 3.8 GHz band frequencies
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Mobile Coverage
Arcep publishes new maps illustrating the progress of 4G mobile coverage in each of the 96 departments in Metropolitan France
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“New Deal for Mobile”: 4G for everyone in France
3G and 4G coverage in 96% of the territory and 462 areas identified by local authorities since January 2018
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Regulating for the commons – Lessons from the 5G situation in France: the need for greater democracy in spectrum
Speech by Sébastien Soriano, Chairman of Arcep, French telecom regulatory authority at the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) Summit, (November the 4th, 2020)
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The state of the internet in France - 2020 Report (25 June 2020)
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FTTH Conference 2020
From 1st
December 2020 to December 3, 2020
The FttH Council’s main annual summit on fibre will be taking place online, from 1 to 3 December. It will play host to the entire fibre ecosystem – public policymakers, CEOs, innovators and investors – over 19 workshops and 17 roundtables. Arcep Executive Board member, Emmanuel Gabla, will be participating in a roundtable at 1:45 pm on 3 December: ”The evolving role of regulation post-code: new era or same old?“.
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Annual Fratel network meeting
The 3
December 2020
The Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARCEP) of Burkina Faso, the president of the Network of French-speaking Telecoms Regulators (Fratel) for 2020, will be hosting the network’s 18th annual meeting, which will be held entirely online on the afternoon of Thursday, 3 December, and devoted to the topic of “Investments, technological innovation, competition: what are the new issues and challenges facing price regulation?” Arcep Chair, Sébastien Soriano, and Executive Board member, Serge Abiteboul, will take part in the plenary meeting.
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Presentation of the IPv6 Barometer
The 4
December 2020
What is the status of the transition to IPv6? How is Arcep encouraging market players to make this transition?
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Scorecard of data-driven regulation actions
The 8
December 2020
In early 2016, Arcep unveiled its strategic roadmap, launched twelve priority initiatives and began a new form of action: data-driven regulation. Its core principle: harness the power of information to steer the market in the right direction. Five years later, the time has come to assess how well this major tool has done. The press conference will also be an opportunity to present the 2020 scorecard on mobile quality of service, as well as the new coverage maps produced in the wake of the new 98% reliability threshold that Arcep has demanded from mobile operators (open to journalists).
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IRG/BEREC
From 10
December 2020 to December 11, 2020
On the programme for this joint plenary meeting of the Independent Regulators Group (IRG) and the Body for European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), which Arcep Executive Board member, Emmanuel Gabla will attend: guidelines for co-investment in very high-capacity networks, and for access regulation, and the work programme for 2021. On the previous day, 9 December, Emmanuel Gabla will be taking part in a workshop hosted by BEREC on environmental issues.
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Paris Zéro Carbone Forum
The 10
December 2020
Hosted by La Tribune and Paris City Hall, the Paris Zéro Carbone forum will bring together experts, economists, climate scientists and businesses to debate concrete ways to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050. Sébastien Soriano will participate in a roundtable at 2:30 pm on 10 December on “Smart territories and cities: building sustainable and eco-friendly networks”, during which he will answer the question of whether ecological and environmental imperatives are compatible with the explosion of digital tech usage, spurred by the rise of fibre, superfast broadband access and 5G.
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Presentation of the Arcep report on achieving digital sustainability
The 15
December 2020
On 11 June, Arcep launched its “Achieving digital sustainability” collaboration platform, and invited all interested parties to join the effort, through a series of workshops and discussions on the environmental footprint left by networks, devices and uses. This work formed the basis of a co-authored report, which includes a diagnosis, contributions from the participants, and preliminary proposals from Arcep. This is the report that will be presented during a videoconference on 15 December (Registration required).
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