France

Orange and Nokia have signed a 5G collaboration agreement. The two companies will work together to develop, trial and introduce solutions for 5G and the digital transformation of vertical industries. This work will also include the application of ultra-broadband leveraging new frequency bands; cloud RAN and massive MIMO; the Internet of Things (IoT); end-to-end network […]

Orange, Ericsson and PSA signed a partnership agreement to drive 5G technology for automotive applications, focused on “Vehicle-to-Vehicle” (V2V) and “Vehicle-to-Everything” (V2X) architecture. Initial tests will use an end-to-end architecture system based on LTE technology before evolving to LTE-Vehicle and 5G technologies.

Orange and Huawei have signed a partnership agreement to cooperate on 5G and cloudification technologies. The two companies will focus on the development of Massive MIMO, cloudification of the mobile network, network slicing, 4G and 5G power and channel sharing within spectrum bands. 

Bouygues Telecom has carried out 5G trials in cooperation with Ericsson, using a radio station equipped with active 5G antennas connected simultaneously to two mobile prototype terminals. The companies claim to have achieved aggregated rate of 25.2Gbps on the 5G antenna with a latency of the order of three milliseconds.

Free received temporary licences in the 3.6-3.7 GHz to carry out 5G technical trials in Paris, at Free’s headquarters. No additional information on the results available.

Orange will conduct a technical 5G test in France in the cities of Lille and Douai, using network equipment supplied by Ericsson. The trial will run from mid-2018 until mid-2019, after the necessary authorisations from regulator Arcep.

Huawei and Bouygues Telecom announced a joint innovation program to experiment 5G in France. Bordeaux will host their first 5G network trial, from single site to multi-site coverage.

Nokia and SFR have successfully completed ‘the first 5G call in France’, using the 3GPP-compliant 5G New Radio (NR) system on the 3.5GHz frequency band. The test took place at the Nokia 5G Test Network and Competence Center in Paris-Saclay, France. The 5G call used Nokia 5G NR technology, incorporating the Nokia 5G-ready AirScale radio […]

Arcep has issued a temporary licence (Decision No. 2018-178) to Bouygues Telecom, for 5G pilots in the cities of Bordeaux, Lyon and Villeurbanne. The authorisation grants Bouygues rights to stage 5G pilots over the period May-September 2018 Bouygues Telecom is deploying 5G over the 3.5 GHz band using two relay antennas for the moment. They […]