company Sogetrel, network specialist, announced Tuesday that the entire network of the Paris Transport Authority (RATP) would be covered by 3G and 4G by the end of 2015, and By the end of 2014 for the metro line 1 and lines A and B of the RER. “Users of the Paris Metro and RER benefit, by the end of 2015 and throughout the network, 3G and 4G,” said the Sogetrel in a statement. “Metro lines and the busiest RER (L1, RER A and B) will be equipped with 3G and 4G by the end of 2014,” the source said.
The Board told the company Sogetrel “integration of equipment in 300 metro stations and 65 stations necessary to cover the whole RER RATP Paris network” after a tender in April 2013 emphasizes the Sogetrel. The challenge is to develop a shared network can accommodate frequencies 2G, 3G and 4G four network operators present on the French market, Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Free Mobile on the same infrastructure. However, so far only operators SFR and Bouygues Telecom have signed an agreement with RATP to participate in the deployment of 3G and 4G mobile technologies on the network board.
