SFR and Bouygues Telecom, second and third mobile operator in the French market, announced Monday it has entered into exclusive negotiations to pool, by the end of the year, some of their mobile infrastructure. In the affected areas, mobile clients may therefore borrow either the network or one of the other seamlessly. “Each operator retain a capacity for independent innovation and total commercial independence ,” take care to specify the two individuals.
“ If the telecommunications sector is affected by profound changes The explosion of new applications and traffic data gives operators a chance to recreate value. In this context, Bouygues Telecom and SFR want the challenge of investing in high-speed networks “, they still indicate. It is indeed logically around 4G that would turn this pooling, the two actors already have a wide coverage Edge and 3G.
On this ground, Bouygues Telecom has an advantage, since it will be allowed to deploy in the fall of its offer on the 1800 MHz band, which should allow him to quickly cover 40% of the metropolitan population. SFR his side ahead at a rapid pace, with the goal of covering 70% of the population with broadband (3G to 42 Mb / s and above) by the end of 2013. More than half of this coverage should be made on the 4G frequency bands that have been allocated. The two operators say they want to conclude “ before the end of the year “ ;This agreement will logically subject to approval by ARCEP.Both received immediate support from the government, played Monday by the Ministry of productive recovery, which expressed an interest to develop investment conditions in operators ‘ new ‘ networks. “ Arnaud Monterbourg and Fleur Pellerin recall that the implementation of agreements pooling is part of this strategy and is particularly suitable when the margin levels are more constrained, as is the case at present “, comment the two ministers said in a statement.
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