Arcep mentioned it has awarded a complete of 81 trial licenses since March 2022

French regulator Arcep mentioned it’s going to prolong an ongoing trial platform within the 3.8 – 4.0 GHz band for producers and market gamers eager to experiment and take a look at new 5G use circumstances.

The regulator had initially launched this trial platform in March 2022, with the primary intention of enabling trade gamers to acceptable 5G-related applied sciences, and public-sector gamers to assemble a regulatory framework tailor-made to those wants.

Arcep mentioned it has awarded a complete of 81 trial licenses since March 2022, as a part of its trial platform.

“Arcep considers this trial platform to be successful, noting the variety of the stakeholders concerned, protecting an array of financial sectors, together with manufacturing, vitality and well being and particular occasions, and this in a number of areas in Metropolitan France,” the regulator mentioned in a launch.

Arcep is extending the provision of this platform till December 31, 2024 to allow extra trials and, if relevant, to increase present trials.

“Arcep has noticed a nonetheless regular demand for conducting trials on 5G use circumstances using the three.8 – 4.0 GHz frequency band, which is why it’s extending the provision of this platform for another yr, as much as 31 December 2024. The awards process for licenses to make use of this trial platform will stay similar,” the regulator mentioned.

Cell operator Orange has three trial licenses in whole, in Charbonnières-les-Bains, Balma and Paris for testing standalone 5G (SA) edge and slicing mechanisms with builders for, respectively, enterprise use circumstances, linked and autonomous autos, and video seize for “main occasions”. Rival operator  Bouygues Telecom has one license, in Meudon et Boulogne-Billancourt, to check linked industries options.

In the meantime, NTT is testing its non-public 5G resolution for enterprises in Parisot, in southern France, whereas its French-based stablemate Transatel has a license to check non-public/public 5G roaming within the north, in Puteaux. As properly, Schneider Electrical has a license in Grenoble for manufacturing facility operations, Alsatis has one in Toulouse for the European transport sector, French analysis group CEA has one in Palaiseau for to develop AR/VR for Trade 4.0, and EDF has one in Palaiseau for testing AR within the vitality sector.

Different corporations finishing up trials embrace Thales, Ericsson, Qualcomm, ArcelorMittal France, Nokia, Haventure, Airbus, Axians, SNCF, ILS Applied sciences, Capgemini and IHU Strasbourg.