French operator Bouygues Telecom announced the availability of 5G in Marseille and said that its coverage has already reached 67 cities with a population of over 50,000 since the commercial launch of its 5G services on December 1.
In a release, the carrier said that...
French operator Bouygues Telecom has announced the launch of its commercial 5G network.
In a release, the carrier said that it will initially offer 5G in 20 cities across France. Some of the cities covered by the company’s 5G network are Avignon, Lyon, Nice, Cannes,...
French operator Bouygues Telecom expects to launch its comercial 5G network on December 1, the telco said in a statement.
The company also said that it expects to reach nationwide coverage with its 5G network within a year.
“Bouygues Telecom participated in the 5G auction...
France-based Bouygues Telecom has joined with IBM to collaborate with enterprises on industrial 5G use cases in the manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, energy and utilities, and smart city sectors.
Bouygues Telecom said the rollout of 5G networks in France in the coming weeks will give rise...
French telecommunications regulator Arcep said it will award 5G spectrum licenses to local mobile operators in the short term after a frequency positioning auction was recently completed.
The regulator said that 5G networks are formally allowed to begin commercial operations on November 18.
Last month, Arcep...
French mobile operators are currently testing 5G services with a total of 483 active 5G base stations across the country, French press reported.
Orange leads in terms of 5G base stations deployments, with 353, followed by Bouygues Telecom, with 67, SFR, with 54 and Free,...
French telecommunications regulator Arcep announced that the main auction for 3.4-3.8 GHz frequencies for the provision of 5G was completed today, after three days of bidding.
In a release, the regulator said that local operators Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Iliad committed to pay a...
The French government will not implement a total ban on the use of equipment from Chinese vendor Huawei in the rollout of 5G networks, but it will encourage local operators not to use such equipment, French paper Les Echos reported Guillaume Poupard, the head...
French telecoms regulator Arcep confirmed that a 5G spectrum auction which had been delayed by COVID-19 will begin in September.
In a statement, Arcep said it plans to run a sale of spectrum in the 3.4 GHz to 3.8 GHz bands between September 20 and...
French telecommunications regulator Arcep confirmed that all four mobile operators in the country are qualified to take part in an upcoming 5G spectrum auction, the regulator said in a release.
At the same time, the regulator officially confirmed it has postponed the process due to...
France’s cybersecurity agency, ANSSI, is expected to allow local operators to use equipment from Chinese vendor Huawei for the deployment of 5G networks in the country, Reuters reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
The sources said ANSSI had decided to approve the use...
French communications regulator Arcep officially opened applications for the sale of 5G spectrum licenses, Arcep said in a statement.
Interested operators will have until February 25 to submit their applications.
This announcement follows the confirmation of pricing and terms released by Arcep in mid-December.
Arcep also confirmed...
The French government has launched a procedure for assigning 5G frequency licenses after it approved specifications proposed by telecoms regulator Arcep as well as the financial conditions for the licenses, the government said in a release.
The government confirmed it had fixed the price of...
France plans to make 5G spectrum available in 50 megahertz blocks
French regulator Arcep has published and submitted to the government the conditions for awarding licences to use frequencies in the 3.4 GHz to 3.8 GHz band in France, the regulator said in a release.
“The...
The French government is likely to delay the process of awarding 5G spectrum until at least March 2020, three months later than the original date, Reuters reported, citing two sources close to the matter.
The delay is mainly due to disagreements between the French finance...
26 GHz trial projects include 5G for venues, lighting and transportation
French telecom regulator Arcep has approved the first eleven initiatives to trial 5G technology using the 26 GHz band, the regulator said in a statement.
In January 2019, the French government and Arcep had issued...
The number of LoRaWAN network operators jumped by more than 60 per cent in 2018, according to the LoRa Alliance. It said its global operator count stands at more than 100, as of the end of December. These include operators of both private and...
The French telco used a mobile terminal powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 modem
French telecom operator Bouygues Telecom made the first 5G call in the streets of Lyon in real conditions with a mobile terminal powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X50 modem, the telco said in a...
The initiative is part of the government’s 5G roadmap to foster technology development in France
The French government said it expects at least one major city to have commercial 5G services by 2020 as one of the key initiatives of the country’s 5G roadmap, which...
In France, Huawei will initially trial 5G technology in the city of Bordeaux
BARCELONA--Huawei signed a new agreement with U.K. telecom group BT and French telecommunications firm Bouygues Telecom which will mainly focus on 5G developments.
The new agreement were announced during the Mobile World Congress,...
MTS said the cloud-based offering is based on VMware cloud platform.
Russian telecommunications operator MTS unveiled a cloud offering to target large enterprises. The cloud-based services are based on a VMware cloud platform and MTS’ data centers, and includes computing and data storage...
The Spanish firm and French telco Bouygues are evaluating the acquisition of additional cell towers
Spanish telecommunication tower operator Cellnex Telecom confirmed it has completed the acquisition of a package of 230 cell towers from French telco Bouygues Telecom in France.
This initial phase required...
Mitel will implement Unified Communications as a Service platform to deliver real-time communications, collaboration and conferencing solutions focused on enterprise market
The enterprise division of French telecom firm Bouygues Telecom has selected Mitel UCaaS solutions to deliver real-time communications, collaboration and conferencing to medium and...
The deal with Bouygues for an initial 230 telecom towers stipulates the ultimate acquisition of up to 500 sites
Spanish wireless infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom announced plans to enter the French market with the acquisition of 230 telecommunications towers from French telco Bouygues Telecom.
Cellnex confirmed...
