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Iliad’s Niel slams Orange call for higher unbundling charges, demands faster transition to fibre
Iliad Telecom boss Xavier Niel has slammed Orange’s call for an increase in unbundling fees…
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Orange hits out at ARCEP chief criticism
Orange has reacted angrily to criticism levelled against it publicly by the president of French…
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BEREC issues net neutrality guidelines
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) has issued guidelines for how regulators…
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Online TV viewing expanding rapidly in France
The proportion of internet users in France who view live or catch-up TV on the…
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ARCEP closes bidding for 700MHz spectrum
French telecom regulator ARCEP secured €2.8 billion from this week’s auction of 700MHz spectrum, currently…
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France’s ARCEP completes first day of 700MHz auction
French telecom regulator ARCEP has announced the successful completion of the first day of its…
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France to kick off 700MHz auction on Monday
France’s auction of 700MHz spectrum will being on Monday, with Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange…
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French operators file documents for 700MHz
France’s four leading mobile operators – Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR – have…
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Rules set for French 700MHz auction
The French government has finalised the conditions for the sale of frequencies in the 700MHz…
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French watchdog approves Outremer Telecom sale
French telecom watchdog ARCEP has approved the sale of Numericable-SFR’s Réunion and Mayotte operator Outremer…
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French operators await 700MHz allocation
French telecom regulator ARCEP is expected to unveil details of its plant to allocate UHF…
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French regulator reveals IPTV and ultra-fast broadband numbers
France had 15.378 million TV-over-DSL subscribers at the end of last year, up 5.2% on…
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ARCEP to auction 700MHz spectrum
French telecoms regulator ARCEP is to begin auctioning part of the 700MHz spectrum band currently…
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Numericable-SFR moves swiftly to placate regulator over Outremer charges
Numericable-SFR has moved swiftly to head off a possible reversal of the French competition regulator’s…
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ARCEP launches review of 700MHz band
French telecom regulator ARCEP has launched a strategic review of spectrum requirements for high-speed mobile…
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Two thirds of French homes have access to DSL TV
Fifteen million French homes, or two thirds of the country’s total, have access to TV-over-DSL…
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France’s Hollande raises prospect of regulatory integration
French president François Hollande has once more raised the possibility of integration of the country’s…
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France’s ARCEP launches FttDP consultation
French telecom regulator ARCEP has launched a consultation on Fibre to the Distribution Point (FttDP)…
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Numericable passes five million high-speed homes
French cable operator Numericable has passed five million home with its fibre-based very high-speed internet…
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FTTH leads French highs-speed internet growth
France had close to 1.8 million very high-speed internet subscribers at the end of June,…
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Loutrel named as new ARCEP chief
Benoît Loutrel is to replace Philippe Distler as director-general of French telecom regulator ARCEP in…
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ARCEP says regulatory framework should depend on goals
French communications regulator the ARCEP has published its reflections on the reform of audiovisual sector…
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Three in five French DSL lines now bundled with TV
Some 12.8 million of France’s 21.5 million DSL lines installed were coupled with a TV…
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ARCEP to set out QoS indicators for broadband providers
French communications regulator ARCEP is to set out quality of service indicators for fixed-broadband networks…
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ARCEP to work on regulatory reform proposals
French telecom regulator ARCEP is to consult on the government’s recently announced plan to reform…
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French government to bring media and communications regulation together
The French government has given three of its ministers the task of reforming the country’s…
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ARCEP launches consultation on net neutrality
French telecom regulator ARCEP has launched a public consultation on net neutrality following a request…
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ARCEP to launch consultation on DTT transmission business
French telecom regulator ARCEP is to launch a public consultation on its analysis of the…
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France sees high-speed growth
France had 555,000 very high-speed internet subscribers out of a total of 22 million fixed…
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France implements Telecom Package
France has finally passed the EU’s Telecom Package into law, three months after the original…