French telecommunications group Orange announced it has joined a French government-backed research and development project bringing together national players to set up a contact tracing application, as part of the country’s fight against the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
In a statement, the French carrier said it...
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...
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So, what about those IoT use cases, which Orange Business Services (OBS) reckons are proven (see...
Nokia: 5G will require substantially more operations automation than past networks
Nokia said it's showing up to MWC 2020 with a whole suite of supplier-agnostic network management tools to deliver better automation for 5G networks. The tools, designed to provide communication service providers (CSPs) with...
Ericsson said it has been selected by Orange France to deploy its 5G Radio Access Network in three major French regions, including Paris, and modernize its existing 2G/3G/4G radio access network.
As part of the agreement, Ericsson 5G RAN products and solutions from the Ericsson...
Orange France has selected Nokia to evolve its mobile access network towards 5G technology, the Finnish vendor said in a release.
Under the terms of the deal, Nokia will provide Orange, for a broad part of France, with a range of products and services from...
Orange has brought in a first wave of industrial companies into its new 5G-geared Industry 4.0 campus in Antwerp, in Belgium. Those to join are the Port of Antwerp, chemical company Borealis, and polymer manufacturer Covestro.
The quartet will play (“co-innovate”) with real-life industrial applications...
How does a mobile operator, in the business of airtime subscriptions, go beyond selling straight connectivity? Because this must be the goal, and the measure of ambition. There is no future in SIM cards, as we have argued – especially as technological innovation higher...
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-based Orange has followed Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica to announce a major strategic overhaul that places analytics and automation, to underpin both internal efficiencies and external services, at the heart of its its operations.
Orange, like Telefónica, said a major part of its future growth,...
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...
The network will offer internet download speeds of up to 1.2 Gbps
Orange has launched its first commercial 5G network in Romania. The initial launch is located in three of its main cities – Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Iasi. Other cities are expected to follow throughout...
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...
Spanish telecom operator Masmovil inked a 5G agreement with rival operator Orange Spain which will boost the company’s EBITDA for the next three years, the telco said in a release.
Under the terms of the agreement, which covers mobile, fiber and broadband technologies, Masmovil will...
The Port of Marseille Fos, in France, has new discussions with Orange about 5G, a developing relationship with IBM on blockchain, and a host of collaborations with local industry around port innovation, geared towards container handling, traffic management, cyber-security, and renewable energy.
Stéphane Reiche, general...
Intel-owned vehicle tech firm Mobileye has signed a global 3G and 4G roaming deal with France-based operator Orange for its new camera-based advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) for connected vehicles and smart cities.
The Mobileye 8 Connect solution ‘sees’ the road ahead through a camera...
French telecom group Orange expects customers in France to start testing the first 5G devices under real conditions and with network equipment soon, Arnaud Vamparys, 5G sponsor and senior vice president for radio networks at Orange, told RCR Wireless News.
“In the pre-commercial phase, Orange...
CEO discusses balance of capex and auction revenues
French operators will have enough financial resources to deploy future 5G networks as the government and telecom regulator Arcep are not looking at the upcoming spectrum auction as a way to obtain a high level of revenues,...
The Port of Marseille Fos is amping up its smart port strategy with new discussions with Orange about 5G, a developing relationship with IBM on blockchain, and a host of collaborations with local industry around port innovation, geared towards container handling, traffic management, cyber-security,...
VALENCIA--Chinese vendor ZTE and Spanish carrier Orange have carried out a number of demonstrations of the potential of 5G technologies in the fields of automation, robotics and entertainment.
The demos were unveiled at the Global 5G event, taking place this week in Valencia, Spain.
The first...
Orange told 5G World in London yesterday (July 12) that private networks are too expensive, and that hiving off spectrum for the industrial sector to run private networks will throttle the development of 5G networks.
The French operator is trialling campus-style networks with industrial players...
