Following the assignment of the
fourth 3G
licence to Free Mobile on 12 January 2010, there remained a 5 MHz
block of spectrum
and a 4.8 MHz block of spectrum still available in the 2.1 GHz
frequency band. The application procedure for the
allocation
of this remaining spectrum was issued on 25 February 2010. Three
applications
were submitted on 11 May, by the companies Free Mobile, Orange France
and SFR.
See Press Release
Source: ARCEP