The French government has been forging ahead with it national plan to revitalize its industry, in which adoption of industrial 5G will play a key role. Central to the ‘France Rélance’ and ‘France 2030’ strategies is the exploitation of 5G connectivity for industrial verticals such as healthcare and manufacturing. From 2019, French telecoms regulator Arcep has been issuing experimental spectrum licences for local use, in the 26 GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) band. The purpose was to help stakeholders to develop the necessary capabilities and explore use casesand commercialization models, and to test their 5G-based services and products. the Spurred by a damning report on the state of French industrial 5G, published in March 2022, Arcep expanded the scheme to include…