Brussels March 24, 2020 - BIPT publishes the list of selected candidates: Cegeka, Entropia , Orange, Proximus and Telenet, for the granting of provisional user rights in the radio frequency band 3600-3800 MHz provided for 5G. These user rights allow these operators to enable the deployment of 5G in Belgium. BIPT allocates radio frequency bands to operators in order to make optimal use of the radio spectrum. Operators can use this to offer mobile services to the end user.

Philip also commented, "There is an urgent need for networks that offer mission and business-critical services in the transmission of measurement data. With its digital TETRA network, Entropia offers a network availability higher than 99.5%.

GSM (The Global System for Mobile Communications) state that NB-IoT networks, as well as networks that use non-exclusive frequencies (868 MHz), cannot offer such high availability. In response, Entropia confirms that the transmission of measurement data will, in most cases, comply with PMR-narrow band frequencies in combination with a TETRA network – this greatly improves the availability and efficiency.

In addition, it must be possible to offer mission and business-critical services for several years. It is not easy to replace sensors and equipment whenever, for example, when a new (broadband) technology is introduced onto the market. The continuity and availability can be secured by using exclusive PMR-narrow band frequencies in combination with the TETRA network of Entropia".

Resulting Benefits:

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