ARCEP publishes the list of letters of intent

Paris, 18th October 2005

ARCEP published today the list of letters of intent it had received by 17 October 2005 regarding new authorisations for the deployment of wireless local loop networks.

This is a preparatory step to the application procedure in which all applications received on 6^th January 2006 will be examined. This preparatory step allows ARCEP to determine whether there are sufficient frequencies in the 3.4-3.6 GHz band in each of the Metropolitan France regions, as well as in Guyana, Mayotte and in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Letters of intent were received from 175 candidates : 67 letters were submitted by local governments, 76 by telecommunications operators, and 32 by other entities.

Thirty-two candidates submitted a letter of intent for all 22 Metropolitan regions.

The breakdown, region by region, is shown in the table below:

Metropolitan region	Number of applications
Alsace	50
Aquitaine	60
Auvergne	44
Basse-Normandie	39
Bourgogne	41
Bretagne	44
Centre	48
Champagne-Ardenne	41
Corsica	39
Franche-Comté	43
Haute-Normandie	45
Ile-de-France	54
Languedoc-Roussillon	48
Limousin	42
Lorraine	48
Midi-Pyrénées	53
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	49
Pays de Loire	46
Picardy	43
Poitou-Charentes	44
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	61
Rhône-Alpes	61
*Overseas département* and territories**	Number of applications
Guyana	8
Mayotte	11
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6

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What comes next?

Candidates can examine possibilities of sharing frequencies from now until 6^th January 2006, the application deadline. Letters of intent may be modified until that date. ARCEP will regularly update the list of candidates having submitted a letter of intent. On 6^th January, between 9.00am and 5.00pm, candidates must confirm their letters of intent by submitting their applications to ARCEP under the conditions set out in the application procedure.

ARCEP will then examine the applications in order to determine whether there are sufficient frequencies in each of the regions.

In regions where frequencies are sufficient, ARCEP will issue authorisations to use frequencies on a first-come, first-served basis. Authorisations may be issued for coverage areas smaller than a region, that is for a single département or several towns. On the other hand, in regions where frequencies are not sufficient, applications will be refused, and candidates will be required to submit another application on 1^st February 2006 for the "beauty contest" procedure, in which applications will be compared. Authorisations will be issued for the regional level, two in each Metropolitan region and Guyana, and three in Mayotte and Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

ARCEP invites candidates to prepare their applications for submission on 6^th January 2006. Required content of the applications is explained in ARCEP's decisions (05-646 for Metropolitan France regions and 05-647 for Guyana, Mayotte and Saint Pierre and Miquelon). Furthermore, given the number of letters of intent it has received, ARCEP recommends that candidates already begin preparing their applications for a possible "beauty contest". The content of these applications is also explained in the abovementioned decisions.

The following documents are available for downloading :

Linked documents

The list of candidates having submitted a letter of intent (pdf - 90KB) (pdf) Region by region, the list of candidates having submitted a letter of intent as well as the coverage area they are interested in (xls - 309KB) (xls) Dynamic map of intent by region Contact information of candidates having submitted a letter of intent (xls - 37KB) (xls)