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French operators reach nearly 10,000 5G cell sites in January

Wednesday 24 February 2021 | 13:15 CET | News
France's four mobile networks closed January with a combined footprint of 10,000 5G cell sites, according to Arcep's latest monthly update. Iliad subsidiary Free Mobile remained the only operator to deploy 5G services using 700 MHz frequencies, with its entire footprint operating in this band (6,273 sites, up by 633 since December). Free Mobile's 5G network also relied on 3.5 GHz spectrum, counting 410 sites that used this band at end-January.

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Arcep / Bouygues Telecom / Free Mobile / Orange France / SFR
Countries: France
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