Key Benefits:
The Authority Regulation of electronic communications and posts,
In view of Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the European Parliament Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services;
In view of Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of networks and Electronic communications services;
In view of Directive 2009 /140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 amending Directives 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for communications networks and services Electronic, 2002 /19/EC on access to communications networks Electronic and associated resources, as well as their interconnection, and 2002 /20/EC on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services;
In view of the electronic communications and postal code, and in particular Articles L. 32 (15), L. 33-1, L. 36-7 (6 °) and L. 42-1;
In view of the Order of 4 October 2011 amending the national distribution table for frequency bands;
In view of Decision No. 2006-0239 of the Authority of 14 February 2006 Amended to allow Orange France to use frequencies in the 900 MHz and 1 800 MHz to establish and operate a radio network open to the public;
In light of Decision No. 2011-1017 of the Authority dated 22 September 2011 amending Decision No. 2006-0239 authorizing the company Orange France to Use frequencies in the 900 MHz and 1 800 MHz bands to establish and operate a radio network open to the public;
In view of the National Frequency Agency's letter of 9 December 2011 in response to correspondence from The Authority as of 29 November 2011;
Due to the correspondence of the company Orange France as of the date of the 14 February 2012 in response to the Authority's correspondence dated 8 February 2012;
After deliberation on 6 March 2012,
For the following reasons:
Orange France is authorised by Decision No. 2006-0239 modified from The CBRA to use frequencies in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands to establish and operate a radio network open to the public in metropolitan France.
The conditions for the use of these frequencies are defined in the specifications Annexed to Decision 2006-0239 as amended above. They include provisions relating to the use of " Network colour codes " (NCC).
The NCC is used for second generation (GSM) systems in order to logically distinguish between base stations using the same frequencies or in the case of coordination between two operators holding these frequencies on the same frequencies. Adjacent geographical areas or within the network of the same operator when stations are adjacent to each other.
The Authority adopted, on 22 September 2011, Decision No 2011-1017 which amended Decision No. 2006-0239 as amended. Take into account the possibility of using new values from the NCC code in Outside border areas.
Given its specificity, the issue of relaxing the use of NCC codes in border areas should be the subject of further work.
After this work, and after Consultation with authorized mobile operators in the 900 and 1 800 MHz bands and the National Frequency Agency, it became possible to remove the remaining constraints on the NCC codes in the border areas. The purpose of this Decision of the Authority is to amend Decision 2006-0239 as amended in order to allow the use of new values of the NCC code throughout the national territory including the border areas. Mobile operators naturally retain the possibility, if they consider it useful, to coordinate directly with foreign operators on the use of this code within the border areas,
Decides:
Paragraph 4-4 of Annex 2 of Decision No. 2006-0239 of the amended ARCEP is deleted.
The Director of Spectrum and Equipment Relations with the Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority is Responsible for the implementation of this Decision, which shall be notified to the company Orange France and published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done at Paris, March 6, 2012.
The President,
J.-L. Silicani
