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#ECOI1832469AOrder of December 21, 2018, Defining the Additional List of Areas to be Covered by Mobile Communications Operators

🇫🇷France··Other·High Impact·View source ↗

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The law, established through the Arrêté du 21 décembre 2018, outlines the supplementary list of areas that mobile telecommunications operators must cover in France for the year 2018. It requires operators to deliver mobile telephony services and high-speed mobile access in designated areas, ensuring coverage for specific points of interest by installing new sites. This directive supports improving connectivity in under-covered regions.

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Key Changes

  • Introduction of a list of additional areas requiring mobile coverage
  • Mandatory service provision for mobile telephony and high-speed access
  • Requirement for installation of new sites to enhance coverage

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Mobile communications operators (Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange, SFR) must install new transmission sites to provide mobile telephony service coverage in designated zones listed in the annex

Mobile communications operators (Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange, SFR)
operational
high

Mobile communications operators must install new transmission sites to provide high-speed mobile data access (4G/5G) in designated zones listed in the annex

Mobile communications operators (Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange, SFR)
operational
high

Operators must ensure coverage is delivered at specific points of interest (POI) identified by geographic coordinates (X/Y in RGF93/Lambert-93 projection) within each designated zone

Mobile communications operators (Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange, SFR)
operational
high

The specified number of transmission sites must be installed for each zone as indicated in the 'NOMBRE de sites 2018' column (ranging from 1 to 6 sites per zone)

Mobile communications operators (Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange, SFR)
operational
high

Coverage obligations must be completed for all zones identified in the annex across specified regions and departments in France during 2018

Mobile communications operators (Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange, SFR)
operational

Affected Parties

Mobile Telecommunications OperatorsLocal Communities

Tags

telecommunications,regulation,mobile coverage