Chartres Métropole is one of three French cities to win a European Union call for projects on the deployment of a 5G network. Friday, the metropolis and the company C'Chartres digital innovation (C'CIN) signed the receipt of the call for projects, in the presence of Jean-Pierre Gorges, mayor of Chartres and president of Chartres Métropole, and Mickaël Tachat, President of C’CIN.
Clearly, the two players wish to develop a “private”, “secure” 5G network on the territory of the metropolis, and reserved for the use of the metropolis “in the public security, events, transport, networks of tomorrow and even cybersecurity sectors”.
7.4 million euros
This project “represents an investment of 7.4 million euros” indicates Jean-Pierre Gorges, of which “4.9 million euros” is financed by the European Union.
The experiment must take place in the seven urban municipalities of Chartres metropolis: Champhol, Lèves, Mainvilliers, Lucé, Luisant, Le Coudray and Chartres. After the end of the experiment, the approach “will irrigate the peri-urban and rural fabric”, indicated the two men.
We will use the network we already have, and we will create it when necessary.
“Hertzian costs less to install than optical fiber”, indicated the mayor of the metropolis during the signing, and it has “a nomadic side”, unlike fiber “which requires us not to stray far from the connection “.
A particularly useful nomadic aspect in terms of security, explained Jean-Pierre Gorges. “A camera, if it’s fixed, it’s over, it’s burnt out,” he explains. “You have to move them constantly.”
Antennas in church bell towers
To deploy this 5G network, there is no question of “visual pollution” explained the two men.
“We are going to use the network that we already have, and we will create it when it is necessary,” explains Mickaël Tachat, while Jean-Pierre Gorges suggests “installing relay antennas in church bell towers” since they are already “the highest point in the villages”.
