The three.8-4.2 GHz band is central to the European imaginative and prescient to harmonize industrial 5G use instances, acknowledges French regulator.
5G spectrum talks — Arcep has launched two consultations on assigning the three.8–4.2 GHz band for personal cell networks in metropolitan France, focusing on industrial and enterprise use instances.
Verticals and native use — The consultations intention to outline license phrases for enterprise customers and technical guidelines for low and medium-power 5G networks, aligning with EU steerage for vertical business wants.
EU in concord — Arcep’s framework is tied to broader EU efforts to harmonize the band for 5G industrial functions, incorporating CEPT suggestions.
French telecom providers regulator Arcep has launched two public consultations on non-public cell networks’ use of the three.8-4.2 GHz band. The primary pertains to preparations for assigning the three.8-4.2 GHz band in metropolitan France, which incorporates the obligations that may be connected to the licenses awarded to enterprise customers
The second session course of refers back to the technical phrases and situations governing use of frequencies on this band, recognized for the institution of native non-public cell networks. This frequency band, recognized to serve wants of “verticals”, was the topic of an preliminary public session in 2024.
In July 2024, the watchdog had launched an preliminary public session whose objective was to assemble stakeholders’ suggestions on the ideas governing the task of the three.8-4.2 GHz band for the deployment of native non-public cell networks. Primarily based on the responses to this public session, Arcep has confirmed its plan to implement a framework for assigning the three.8-4.2 GHz band for the deployment of native cell networks for business functions.
Arcep additionally highlighted that European Fee considers the three.8-4.2 GHz band satisfactory to fulfill the frequency wants of verticals seeing to deploy native cell networks for low and medium-power functions. The three.8-4.2 GHz band is central to the European course of for harmonizing 5G industrial use instances.
In response to a mandate from the European Fee, the European Convention of Postal and Telecommunications administrations (CEPT) adopted a report on technical situations to be used of the three.8-4.2 GHz frequency band by low and medium-power broadband methods. The conclusions of this report are attributable to be topic to harmonization throughout the EU as a part of an implementing resolution from the European Fee that’s within the technique of being drafted, Arcep added.
The draft resolution on the technical phrases and situations of use, which Arcep is now publishing for session, attracts on the conclusions of this work by CEPT and on the suggestions to the general public session held in 2024. This draft resolution additionally units out technical situations that take the nationwide scenario into consideration, and which search to guard cell operators’ makes use of under 3.8 GHz, these of fastened satellite tv for pc service (FSS) earth stations within the 3.8-4.2 GHz band and radio altimeter functions above 4.2 GHz.
The regulator additionally famous that contributions have to be acquired by July 2, 2025.
Earlier this yr, Arcep introduced an extension of its 5G trial window for skilled functions within the 3.8–4.0 GHz frequency band, now set to stay open till December 31, 2025. It mentioned the choice is available in response to sustained curiosity from stakeholders in testing 5G use instances inside this spectrum band. The task guidelines and software procedures for the trial licenses will stay unchanged, it added.
In March 2022, Arcep opened a trial platform within the 3.8-4.0 GHz band for producers and market gamers seeking to experiment and check new 5G use instances. The intention of those trials is to allow business gamers to check 5G-related applied sciences. These trials additionally aimed to assist form a regulatory framework tailored to the precise wants {of professional} 5G customers.
Since its inception, Arcep has granted practically 140 trial licenses, supporting a variety of experiments throughout varied financial sectors, equivalent to manufacturing, power and occasion administration.
