https://tech.newstatesman.com/business/french-5g-spectrum-auctions

French telecoms regulator ARCEP (Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes) has announced a delay of the 5G auctions initially scheduled for mid-April. This is amid operational challenges driven by the COVID-19 lockdown measures taken by France.

GlobalData’s France Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report reveals that in January 2020, ARCEP rolled out the first phase of the 5G award process for the 3.4GHz-3.8GHz spectrum band. During this phase, each of the telcos – Orange, Bouygues Telecom, SFR and Free Mobile – is able to acquire a block of 50MHz spectrum at a fixed price of €350 million ($385m) per block, payable over 15 years.