Known now a little more on the timing of the sales of frequencies which will occur in 2009 and 2010. The issue is not thin as it is to allow the first French to be able to subscribe to a fourth mobile operator and then to benefit from the mobile Internet at very high speed. The regulatory authority for electronic communications and of posts (Arcep) yesterday presented its roadmap to assign these "rare resources.
First record, the fourth licence. The Government should publish a decree in the Official Journal"late March embodying the terms of allocation proposed by the telecommunications regulator. Candidates interested in this fourth mobile phone license Free today as the only credible candidate said must file their record prior to June 30. It will be to allocate 5 megahertz in the new inbound, one third of that hold Orange, SFR and Bouygues Telecom.

The winner, who will be a cheque of 206 million, will be chosen based on several criteria such as the credibility of the project, service offerings and tariffs, the geographical coverage, the quality of services, employment, or even the opening of its network to virtual mobile operators (MVNO), who rent the infrastructure of the operators. The new selected mobile player will then have the right to buy capacity on the network of the three other operators for six years on condition that his already covers 25 of the population. In addition, this last will have access to the sites of the trio in place for its equipment. The other two blocks of 5 megahertz open to all will be awarded in a second phase, probably in early 2010.
"Strong case".
"It is not a fourth licence on the cheap", Jean-Claude Mallet, the new President of Arcep insisted yesterday. "In 2007, the record by Free, Editor's note was not strong." "If there is no solid record this year, there is no fourth licence", emphasized the pattern of the Constable of telecommunications. He also acknowledged having "stated a number of obligations and quite demanding conditions (...)". "in a way that it can not be open to criticism".
Another important topic, how will be distributed frequencies which will be released by the judgment of analogue television, which will be completely extinguished late 2011. These frequencies will enable the operators who will be potted to offer fourth generation mobile services. With a major challenge, the coverage of the territory. Indeed, as Internet access will be possible technologically at rates higher than those offered today by ADSL, the Government wants to these frequencies to help campaigns to have access to the Internet. Then, in dense areas, consumers can find the same services, at the same rate as those available on their PC at home, on their mobile in their pocket. To do so, Arcep seeks the opinion of interested companies have until June 15 to give it. Competition of beauty or auction Should we impose obligations to cover all future networks Everything remains visibly open. Constable of telecommunications will propose to the Government allocation this year scheme. It should then start the process so that the frequencies to be allocated next year.