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Bouygues Telecom, SFR make case for compensation if forced to replace Huawei equipment
2020-06-15 11:55:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) French operator Bouygues Telecom said that it would call for the government to put a compensation scheme in place, in a scenario where the company faced a de facto ban on Huawei's equipment. In a recent senate hearing, board president Olivier Roussat explained that in the US market the ongoing debate around risky telecom suppliers had already acknowledged the need to award funds for the replacement of equipment in mobile networks. He argued that the same rationale for damage compensation would apply in France, where operators are still waiting to understand the consequences of the tightened procurement rules implemented by the government at the end of last year.
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Bouygues Telecom wants delay to French 5G auction
2020-06-03 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
French operator Bouygues Telecom has officially requested that the nation’s 5G auction be delayed by six months. The official request comes just a week after group CEO, Martin Bouygues, penned an article recommending that the process does not proceed until late 2020…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Bouygues Telecom formally requests 6-month delay to 5G auction
2020-06-02 12:59:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Bouygues Telecom CEO Richard Viel has confirmed to Les Echos that the company has made a formal demand to regulator Arcep for a 6-month delay in the final stage of the 5G award process. This follows the move by Bouygues group's CEO Martin Bouygues, who last week wrote aN article in Le Figaro arguing that the spectrum auction should not resume before end-2020 or early-2021.
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Bouygues Telecom replaces set-top box with Smart TV app
2020-05-28 13:00:53| Digital TV News
Bouygues Telecom has launched Bbox Smart TV. With Bbox Smart TV, the TV decoder disappears and is replaced with an app called B.TV+, which is exclusively pre-installed in a Samsung Smart TV, giving access to a large catalogue of TV services.
Bouygues Telecom creates JV to extend FTTH marketable footprint
2020-04-24 10:27:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) French operator Bouygues Telecom has announced a strategic partnership with Vauban Infrastructure Partners, a spin-off from infrastructure asset manager Mirova, part of Natixis Investment Managers. Following a call for tenders, Vauban has been selected as the majority shareholder in a new joint venture that will manage existing and future fibre co-investment contracts with Orange in medium density population areas of France.
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