France: more support for high speed mobile access in digital dividend

The second half of the French regulators research on using the freed-up analogue TV frequencies has shown that most market players - except broadcasters - want the bands used for mobile

Covering France in very high-speed mobile Internet access is "a major political concern," the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) said in a summary of responses to its public consultation on the digital dividend. With mobile communications preparing to follow the same track as fixed services toward high-speed and very high-speed access, many commentators argued reassignment and harmonisation of frequencies below 1 GHz are crucial, the regulator said. Broadcasters, however, opposed any decision on the digital dividend until after switchover.

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