Question 32837 — telecommunications

Summary

Mr. Jean-Noël Barrot questions the Secretary of State to the Ministers of the Economy, Finance and Recovery, and of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities, responsible for the digital transition and electronic communications on the monitoring of measures to combat white zones. The “New Mobile Deal”, signed between operators, Arcep and the Government in 2018, notably plans to generalize 4G to all mobile sites by the end of 2020 and build 5,000 new 4G sites by 2026. At the same time, the allocation of 5G frequencies by Arcep will be accompanied by two rewards for operators. On the one hand, the need to ensure a quarter of 5G deployments in rural or industrial territories and, on the other hand, the obligation to deploy 4G and 5G networks concurrently. Despite of a clear ambition to fight against the digital divide, doubt persists as to the possibility for operators to make the end of white zones a priority objective in the long term. Indeed, given the sums committed to acquiring 5G frequencies, deployment priority could be given to large urban centers, deemed more profitable. He asks what monitoring methods will be implemented to ensure that the deployment of this new technology will not be to the detriment of white areas.

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