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Netease Technology News June 6, according to foreign media reports, due to the epidemic of the new crown virus, the launch of 5G mobile networks in France and Canada have been affected, but now both countries have the latest arrangements. France may launch a 5G network during the year, while Canada will postpone it until next year.

On Friday, local time, French State Secretary for Economic Affairs Agnes Pannier-Runacher said that France hopes to launch the planned 5G frequency auction in September so that France will Deploy the fifth generation mobile network before the end.

In February of this year, the French telecommunications regulator Arcep stated that it hopes to grant it before June. However, after France imposed a blockade order on the new coronavirus epidemic in mid-March, Arcep postponed the originally planned time for the issuance of 5G licenses, and stated that the choice of time for the issuance will depend on the progress of the new coronavirus crisis.

"I have informed Arcep that our goal is that the (5G frequency) auction will start soon." Runach said in an interview with the French media Le Figaro, "September is a reasonable target Time, 5G will be deployed before the end of this year."

French telecommunications operators Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR have all submitted bids to obtain 5G frequency usage rights in February this year.

On Friday, local time, Canada’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Industry issued a statement saying that Canada has delayed its 3500MHz spectrum auction process by 6 months to allow local telecom operators to focus on providing during the New Crown Virus epidemic. Basic services.

This frequency band is the key to the launch of fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks by telecom operators. The transmission speed of the 5G mobile network is sufficient to allow a movie to be downloaded to a smartphone in a few seconds. Enterprises use the 5G mobile network to connect robots, devices, and sensors to achieve "smart" factory operations.

The Canadian Department of Innovation, Science and Industry statement stated that the auction will now be scheduled for June 15, 2021 because the Minister of the Ministry, Navdeep Bains, hopes to During the New Corona Virus pandemic, we continued to focus on providing basic services to Canadians."

The auction was originally scheduled for December this year. Baines said that the Canadian government will begin consulting on the auction of the 3800MHz band in August. This band is also the key to deploying 5G mobile networks. (Tianmen Mountain)

Source: NetEase Technology Report, translated by Google Translate