French government unveils digital dividend plan

The French government has confirmed that it will allocate the 790 – 892 MHz sub-band released as part of the digital dividend to "next-generation very high-speed fixed-line and mobile networks".

In a report entitled "France Numérique 2012", which contains 154 proposals designed to boost the country's "digital economy", the government says that the spectrum will be allocated in an auction due to take place by the end of 2009. This should ensure that France does not lose ground compared to Sweden and the UK, the report says. The government will give spectrum regulator the Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR) a mandate to negotiate with France's neighbours to put the sub-band in place and begin discussions on whether part of the money raised from the auction can be re-invested in measures that support the country's digital economy.

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